Côte d'Ivoire in May

Heavy storms build on the coast.

May is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• DecemberGreatDry and festive; Assinie and Abidjan hotels fill for the holidays.
• FebruaryGreatDry and hot; good beach and city month.
• AugustGoodCooler, drier break on the coast; Independence Day on 7 August.
• SeptemberGoodStill relatively dry on the coast; green inland.

• Lagoon coast · Abidjan, Grand-Bassam, Assinie, Sassandrastorm or typhoon risk

  The long rains peak in June with violent storms and floods; August–September is a drier break; the short rains come in October–November.

• Forest and centre · Yamoussoukro, Daloa, Taïrainy

  Two rainy seasons, drier than the coast; Taï is wet for most of the year.

• Western mountains · Man, Dananérainy

  Cooler, hilly and wet from April to October; waterfalls at their best then.

• Northern savanna · Korhogo, Kong, Comoérainy

  One rainy season; Harmattan dust Dec–Feb. Areas near the borders are under advisories — check.

• Abidjan30 °C (86 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 15 rain days86 °F (30 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 15 rain days
• Abengourou31 °C (88 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 14 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 14 rain days
• Assinie31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 16 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 16 rain days
• Bouaké31 °C (88 °F) / 21.7 °C (71 °F), 11 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 71 °F (21.7 °C), 11 rain days
• Grand-Bassam31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 15 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 15 rain days
• Korhogo33 °C (91 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 5 rain days91 °F (33 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 5 rain days
• Man33 °C (91 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 12 rain days91 °F (33 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 12 rain days
• San-Pédro31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 16 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 16 rain days
• Sassandra31 °C (88 °F) / 24 °C (75 °F), 13 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 75 °F (24 °C), 13 rain days
• Yamoussoukro31 °C (88 °F) / 23 °C (73 °F), 4 rain days88 °F (31 °C) / 73 °F (23 °C), 4 rain days

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Tabaski (Eid al-Adha)

  Moves yearly (lunar)

  Public holiday; sheep markets.

• Labour Day

  1 May

  Public holiday.

• Ascension and Whit Monday

  May–Jun (moves)

  Public holidays.

• Eid al-Fitr check

  Islamic calendar, moves yearly · Abidjan

  Public holiday; mosques busy, festive family meals.

Crowds · Côte d'Ivoire

Low

Prices · Côte d'Ivoire

Low

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Côte d'Ivoire, side by side.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
• A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries

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• Lagoon coast

  The long rains peak in June with violent storms and floods; August–September is a drier break; the short rains come in October–November.

• Abidjan

  Main rainy season; flooding and slow roads.