Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Babamba: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 4.3°C cooler than Babamba, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 45th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 60th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Babamba is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 143 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
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Hyosha in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Kisangani in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Isiro in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 304 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 333 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 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 Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.