Climate averages 1991–2020
Bambari weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bambari: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gbadolite (169 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Bambari, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bambari ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 30.0°C; Bambari is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 125 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
Bambari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 119 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 125 | 20.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 190 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 65 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.812 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
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 282 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Gemena in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 301 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 413 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 445 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 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 Bambari) is explained once on the Bambari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.