Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Bulungu: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bulungu, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 12th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Bulungu is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 18 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
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Ilebo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Masina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 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 Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.