Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province 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.
May is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Bandundu Province is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 23 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Kikwit in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Masina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MayRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Inkisi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.