Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbarnga weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gbarnga: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzérékoré (111 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Gbarnga, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Gbarnga ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 29.0°C; Gbarnga is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 220 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
Gbarnga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 23 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 45 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 133 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 220 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| August | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 309 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 179 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 71 | 17.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 6.4 | 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
- Nzérékoré in MayGuinea · 111 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Buchanan in MayLiberia · 140 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 284 mm rain
- Danané in MayIvory Coast · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Monrovia in MayLiberia · 166 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 189 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Man in MayIvory Coast · 217 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Duekoué in MayIvory Coast · 236 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 Gbarnga) is explained once on the Gbarnga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.