Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbandaka 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 Mbandaka: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolenge (7 km away). In May its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Mbandaka, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbandaka ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 52nd of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mbandaka is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 92 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
Mbandaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 128 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 94 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 155 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 189 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 182 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 120 | 20.0 | 12.112 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
- Bolenge in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Binga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Gemena in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 394 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Lisala in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 431 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 118 mm rain
- Bimbo in MayCentral African Republic · 468 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Bangui in MayCentral African Republic · 481 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Bégoua in MayCentral African Republic · 491 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 123 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 Mbandaka) is explained once on the Mbandaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bolenge lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.