Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th 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 Kindu: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kindu, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks 38th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 44th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kindu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 40 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
Kindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 162 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 166 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 137 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 211 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 212 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.312 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
- Kasongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lodja in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Kongolo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Uvira in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Kabalo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MayBurundi · 385 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 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 Kindu) is explained once on the Kindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.