Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ilebo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ilebo, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 33rd of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Ilebo is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 23 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
Ilebo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 127 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 127 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 145 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 138 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 23 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 123 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 149 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 158 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 153 | 23.1 | 12.412 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
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kikwit in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Bulungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Chitato in MayAngola · 331 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Dundo in MayAngola · 338 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 36 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 Ilebo) is explained once on the Ilebo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.