Climate averages 1991–2020
Matadi weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Matadi: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boma (45 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Matadi, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Matadi ranks joint 39th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Matadi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 2.2 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
Matadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 193 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 68 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 149 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 175 | 22.4 | 12.512 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
- Boma in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Kimpese in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Soyo in MayAngola · 125 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Cabinda in MayAngola · 144 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Nkayi in MayRepublic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 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 Matadi) is explained once on the Matadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.