Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodja weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th 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 Lodja: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lodja, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks 28th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Lodja is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 29 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
Lodja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 104 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 131 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 85 | 16.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 73 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 117 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 146 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 148 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 132 | 21.4 | 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
- Kindu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 295 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Miabi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 307 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Ilebo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 346 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Kasongo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 64 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 Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.