Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa 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 Bakwa: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bakwa, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 59th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Bakwa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 132 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
- Isiro in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Buta in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Yei in MaySouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Wau in MaySouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Arua in MayUganda · 409 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Babamba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Hyosha in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 137 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.