Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Kananga: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Miabi (114 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kananga, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 27th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kananga is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 9.9 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
Kananga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 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
- Miabi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Gandajika in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Dundo in MayAngola · 241 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.