Port Loko Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 26°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 137 mm over about 15 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: 32°C
Average low: 25°C
Precipitation: 137 mm
Reanalysis high: 38°CMay 2, 2004
Reanalysis low: 23°CMay 1, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 26 min to 12 h 36 min
Cloud cover: 66%
Humidity: 78%
Dew point: 23°C
Wind: 10.1 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	33°C	26°C	36°C 2013	23°C 1997	29%
May 2	33°C	26°C	38°C 2004	23°C 1997	30%
May 3	33°C	26°C	36°C 2006	24°C 2002	31%
May 4	33°C	26°C	37°C 2006	24°C 1997	32%
May 5	33°C	26°C	37°C 2019	24°C 1997	32%
May 6	33°C	26°C	35°C 2000	24°C 1997	33%
May 7	32°C	26°C	35°C 2008	24°C 1999	34%
May 8	32°C	26°C	37°C 1995	24°C 1997	36%
May 9	32°C	26°C	36°C 1995	24°C 1997	38%
May 10	32°C	26°C	35°C 2002	24°C 2009	41%
May 11	32°C	26°C	36°C 2019	24°C 1997	44%
May 12	32°C	26°C	35°C 2017	24°C 1997	47%
May 13	32°C	26°C	37°C 2018	24°C 1992	49%
May 14	32°C	26°C	37°C 2000	24°C 1992	51%
May 15	32°C	26°C	35°C 2001	24°C 1991	52%
May 16	32°C	25°C	35°C 2002	24°C 1991	54%
May 17	32°C	25°C	36°C 1998	24°C 1997	55%
May 18	32°C	25°C	35°C 2002	24°C 1999	57%
May 19	32°C	25°C	35°C 2005	24°C 1992	58%
May 20	31°C	25°C	37°C 1998	24°C 1992	59%
May 21	31°C	25°C	35°C 2009	24°C 1997	59%
May 22	31°C	25°C	36°C 2018	24°C 1992	59%
May 23	31°C	25°C	35°C 2002	24°C 2014	59%
May 24	31°C	25°C	36°C 1998	23°C 2015	59%
May 25	31°C	25°C	34°C 1998	24°C 1992	60%
May 26	31°C	25°C	35°C 2009	24°C 1997	59%
May 27	31°C	25°C	35°C 2009	24°C 1992	59%
May 28	31°C	25°C	35°C 2018	23°C 2006	60%
May 29	31°C	25°C	34°C 1998	24°C 1996	60%
May 30	31°C	25°C	35°C 2009	24°C 1992	61%
May 31	30°C	25°C	35°C 1998	24°C 1992	62%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

May 1: sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 7:01 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 7:07 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.