Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Buchanan: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 284 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 321 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 29.0°C; Buchanan is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 284 mm to 362 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 11.812 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
- Monrovia in MayLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MayLiberia · 140 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MayGuinea · 249 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Danané in MayIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 299 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Duekoué in MayIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 126 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.