Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Kikwit: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kikwit, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kikwit is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 13 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
Kikwit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 133 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 106 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 148 | 23.3 | 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
- Bulungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Ilebo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Chitato in MayAngola · 329 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Dundo in MayAngola · 340 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 Kikwit) is explained once on the Kikwit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.