Climate averages 1991–2020
Monrovia 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 Monrovia: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 321 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 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buchanan (95 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Monrovia, with 284 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Monrovia ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 29.0°C; Monrovia is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 321 mm to 492 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
Monrovia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 83 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 208 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 321 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 492 | 29.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 419 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 492 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 530 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 23.0 | 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
- Buchanan in MayLiberia · 95 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 284 mm rain
- Gbarnga in MayLiberia · 166 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 190 mm rain
- Kenema in MaySierra Leone · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 221 mm rain
- Bo in MaySierra Leone · 212 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 246 mm rain
- Koidu in MaySierra Leone · 261 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 235 mm rain
- Gueckedou in MayGuinea · 262 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in MayGuinea · 272 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 196 mm rain
- Danané in MayIvory Coast · 311 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 162 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 Monrovia) is explained once on the Monrovia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.