Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolwezi weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kolwezi: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (125 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Kolwezi, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi ranks joint 55th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kolwezi is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.7 mm to under 1 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
Kolwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 222 | 27.4 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 186 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 24.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 164 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 44 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 158 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 195 | 27.3 | 12.713 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
- Kambove in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Likasi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Bukama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Solwezi in MayZambia · 190 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kamina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Kipushi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 227 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Tshilenge in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.9 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 Kolwezi) is explained once on the Kolwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.