Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasongo 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 Kasongo: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.1°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 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (113 km away). In May its highs average 32.1°C, 2.2°C warmer than Kasongo, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasongo 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; Kasongo is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 14 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
Kasongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 178 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 194 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 64 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.8 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 31.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 43 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 206 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 245 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 209 | 25.2 | 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
- Kongolo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Kabalo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kindu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Uvira in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 308 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MayBurundi · 321 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 324 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 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 Kasongo) is explained once on the Kasongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.