Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalima weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Kalima: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 4.2°C cooler than Kalima, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks joint 9th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 16th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kalima is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 3.7 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
Kalima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 198 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 169 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 31.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 160 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 242 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 223 | 26.5 | 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
- Kalemie in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Kongolo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Kabalo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kigoma in MayTanzania · 170 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Kasongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Manono in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Kasulu in MayTanzania · 232 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 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 Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.