Climate averages 1991–2020
Vavoua weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Vavoua: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daloa (56 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Vavoua, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Vavoua ranks 6th of 30 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 30 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 30 cities is 30.6°C; Vavoua is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 98 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
Vavoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 35 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 78 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 91 | 15.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 31.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 16.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 98 | 17.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 141 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 173 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 100 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 8.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 11 | 2.8 | 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
- Daloa in MayIvory Coast · 56 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Séguéla in MayIvory Coast · 68 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Bonon in MayIvory Coast · 69 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Bouaflé in MayIvory Coast · 92 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Sinfra in MayIvory Coast · 105 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Man in MayIvory Coast · 119 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Duekoué in MayIvory Coast · 120 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 126 mm rain
- Yamoussoukro in MayIvory Coast · 146 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 107 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 Vavoua) is explained once on the Vavoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.