Climate averages 1991–2020
Kongolo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Kongolo: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Kabalo (75 km away). In May its highs average 32.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kongolo, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongolo ranks 5th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Kongolo is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 3.3 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
Kongolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 192 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 145 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 163 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 32.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 33.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 61 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 156 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 219 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 217 | 25.4 | 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
- Kabalo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kasongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Manono in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 217 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Kalemie in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Mulongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Kigoma in MayTanzania · 296 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 104 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 Kongolo) is explained once on the Kongolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.