Climate averages 1991–2020

Mbanza Kongo weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 20.8°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 90 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks 31st of 47 for the warmest May highs and 45th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 2.1 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mbanza Kongo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mbanza Kongo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.3°C20.7°C	20.7°C	154	21.6	12.412 h
February	29.0°C21.1°C	21.1°C	127	18.0	12.312 h
March	29.3°C21.3°C	21.3°C	152	20.4	12.112 h
April	28.6°C21.2°C	21.2°C	229	24.4	12.012 h
May, selected	28.2°C20.8°C	20.8°C	90	14.5	11.812 h
June	27.9°C18.3°C	18.3°C	2.1	0.5	11.812 h
July	27.8°C16.8°C	16.8°C	0.4	0.1	11.812 h
August	27.3°C17.5°C	17.5°C	3.0	0.8	11.912 h
September	27.9°C18.9°C	18.9°C	11	3.4	12.112 h
October	28.6°C20.5°C	20.5°C	91	15.0	12.212 h
November	28.3°C20.8°C	20.8°C	207	24.2	12.412 h
December	28.0°C20.6°C	20.6°C	201	24.4	12.512 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

Distance from Mbanza Kongo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mbanza Kongo) is explained once on the Mbanza Kongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.