Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hyosha: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (67 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 3.2°C cooler than Hyosha, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks 53rd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 54th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Hyosha is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 122 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 143 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 170 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 192 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Hoima in MayUganda · 220 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.