Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamina weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kamina: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukama (108 km away). In May its highs average 32.9°C, 3.9°C warmer than Kamina, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kamina ranks joint 39th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kamina is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to under 1 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
Kamina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 217 | 26.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 180 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 199 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 89 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 29.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 31.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 123 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 210 | 25.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 224 | 27.0 | 12.613 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
- Bukama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Kanyama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Mulongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 242 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Gandajika in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Mwene in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 294 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 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 Kamina) is explained once on the Kamina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.