Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kimpese: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kimpese, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 30th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kimpese is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 1.6 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
Kimpese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 141 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 104 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 176 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 69 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 180 | 24.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 81 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Inkisi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Matadi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Boma in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Masina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MayRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 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 Kimpese) is explained once on the Kimpese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.