Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta 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 Buta: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 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 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Buta, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest May highs and 50th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Buta is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 108 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
Buta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 129 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 108 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 99 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 135 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 139 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 43 | 9.0 | 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
- Basoko in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Kisangani in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Isiro in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Bakwa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Babamba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 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 Buta) is explained once on the Buta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.