Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalemie weather
in May.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.7°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 21.6°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 61 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a warm month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalima (120 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, 4.2°C warmer than Kalemie, with 27 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks joint 50th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 25th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kalemie is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 2.3 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kalemie climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalemie, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	108	21.7	12.412 h
February	27.3°C21.7°C	21.7°C	92	17.6	12.312 h
March	26.9°C21.6°C	21.6°C	148	22.7	12.112 h
April	26.2°C21.4°C	21.4°C	180	23.2	12.012 h
May, selected	26.7°C21.6°C	21.6°C	61	10.1	11.812 h
June	27.2°C20.9°C	20.9°C	2.3	0.7	11.812 h
July	27.2°C20.3°C	20.3°C	0.8	0.2	11.812 h
August	28.6°C20.9°C	20.9°C	2.9	0.6	11.912 h
September	29.8°C21.9°C	21.9°C	11	2.6	12.112 h
October	29.0°C22.1°C	22.1°C	58	10.3	12.212 h
November	27.0°C21.4°C	21.4°C	111	18.1	12.412 h
December	26.3°C21.1°C	21.1°C	123	23.3	12.512 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

Distance from Kalemie

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kalemie) is explained once on the Kalemie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.