Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gemena: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks 16th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 46th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Gemena is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 95 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
Gemena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 114 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 95 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 159 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 182 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 138 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 8.5 | 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
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Bambari in MayCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 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 Gemena) is explained once on the Gemena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.