Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 48th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Lisala is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 103 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
Lisala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 118 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 60 | 11.9 | 12.012 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
- Bumba in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Gemena in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 138 mm rain
- Basoko in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Buta in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Bambari in MayCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 148 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 Lisala) is explained once on the Lisala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.