Climate averages 1991–2020
Sinfra weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sinfra: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bonon (37 km away). In May its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Sinfra, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Sinfra ranks 14th of 30 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 30 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 30 cities is 30.6°C; Sinfra is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 120 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sinfra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 21 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 52 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 91 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 97 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 30.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 120 | 21.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 85 | 17.2 | 12.512 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 103 | 19.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 161 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 52 | 13.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 30.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 20 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Bonon in MayIvory Coast · 37 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Bouaflé in MayIvory Coast · 45 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Gagnoa in MayIvory Coast · 55 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Daloa in MayIvory Coast · 66 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Yamoussoukro in MayIvory Coast · 74 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Vavoua in MayIvory Coast · 105 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Divo in MayIvory Coast · 107 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 153 mm rain
- Soubré in MayIvory Coast · 120 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 138 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sinfra) is explained once on the Sinfra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.