Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbadolite weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gbadolite: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bambari (169 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Gbadolite, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gbadolite ranks 13th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 55th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Gbadolite is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 110 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
Gbadolite climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 98 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 147 | 18.5 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 138 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 110 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 126 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 151 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 181 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 20 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
- Bambari in MayCentral African Republic · 169 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Gemena in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 272 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 274 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 287 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 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 Gbadolite) is explained once on the Gbadolite year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.