Climate averages 1991–2020
Soyo weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Soyo: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (23 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Soyo, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Soyo ranks joint 38th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Soyo is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to under 1 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
Soyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 94 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 94 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 100 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 24.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| July | 23.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 23.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 18 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 64 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 79 | 12.4 | 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
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 23 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Cabinda in MayAngola · 67 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Boma in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 82 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Matadi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MayRepublic of the Congo · 161 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 207 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Dolisie in MayRepublic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kimpese in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 237 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 69 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 Soyo) is explained once on the Soyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.