Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bunia, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks joint 55th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Bunia is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 82 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
Bunia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 34 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 82 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 80 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 109 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 125 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 65 | 10.8 | 12.012 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
- Hoima in MayUganda · 123 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Hyosha in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Masindi in MayUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 169 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Arua in MayUganda · 178 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Mityana in MayUganda · 234 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 159 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 Bunia) is explained once on the Bunia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.