Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 3.9°C cooler than Bukama, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Bukama is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.3 mm to under 1 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
Bukama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 267 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 32.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 33.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 34.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 35.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 76 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 156 | 22.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 229 | 25.1 | 12.613 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
- Kamina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Mulongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Kambove in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Likasi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kanyama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Manono in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Nchelenge in MayZambia · 316 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 10 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 Bukama) is explained once on the Bukama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.