Ngaoundéré Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ngaoundéré, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 20°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 174 mm over about 25 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 29°C
Average low: 20°C
Precipitation: 174 mm
Reanalysis high: 37°CMay 11, 2002
Reanalysis low: 16°CMay 2, 1999
Daylight: 12 h 23 min to 12 h 31 min
Cloud cover: 75%
Humidity: 76%
Dew point: 19°C
Wind: 8.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	30°C	20°C	36°C 2015	16°C 1999	76%
May 2	30°C	20°C	35°C 2015	16°C 1999	77%
May 3	30°C	20°C	34°C 2004	18°C 1999	78%
May 4	30°C	20°C	35°C 2004	18°C 2003	78%
May 5	30°C	20°C	36°C 2004	17°C 2003	78%
May 6	30°C	20°C	35°C 2002	18°C 2003	79%
May 7	30°C	20°C	35°C 2002	18°C 2017	79%
May 8	30°C	20°C	36°C 2002	18°C 1999	78%
May 9	29°C	20°C	36°C 2003	19°C 1999	78%
May 10	29°C	20°C	37°C 2002	18°C 2013	78%
May 11	29°C	20°C	37°C 2002	18°C 1995	78%
May 12	29°C	20°C	35°C 2002	17°C 2000	76%
May 13	29°C	20°C	33°C 2000	17°C 1997	77%
May 14	29°C	20°C	33°C 2019	18°C 2013	78%
May 15	29°C	20°C	34°C 2019	17°C 2012	78%
May 16	29°C	20°C	33°C 2005	18°C 1999	78%
May 17	29°C	20°C	34°C 2003	18°C 2009	78%
May 18	29°C	20°C	35°C 2005	18°C 2001	78%
May 19	29°C	20°C	34°C 2005	18°C 1995	78%
May 20	29°C	20°C	34°C 2005	18°C 2012	79%
May 21	29°C	20°C	33°C 2005	18°C 1996	78%
May 22	29°C	19°C	32°C 2003	18°C 1996	78%
May 23	29°C	19°C	35°C 2003	18°C 1991	80%
May 24	29°C	19°C	34°C 2005	18°C 1996	81%
May 25	29°C	19°C	34°C 2005	18°C 1995	82%
May 26	29°C	19°C	33°C 2005	18°C 2004	83%
May 27	28°C	19°C	31°C 2007	17°C 1991	85%
May 28	28°C	19°C	31°C 2002	18°C 2017	86%
May 29	28°C	19°C	31°C 2008	17°C 2004	86%
May 30	28°C	19°C	34°C 2005	17°C 2013	86%
May 31	28°C	19°C	34°C 2002	18°C 2004	86%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

May 1: sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:48 AM, sunset 6:19 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.