Climate averages 1991–2020
Basoko weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Basoko: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (166 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Basoko, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Basoko ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 44th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Basoko is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 92 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
Basoko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 32.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 134 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 142 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 92 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 149 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 78 | 14.4 | 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
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Kisangani in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Buta in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 369 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Babamba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Isiro in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 476 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 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 Basoko) is explained once on the Basoko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.