Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inkisi (26 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 47th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 41st of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 3.6 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
Mbanza-Ngungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 147 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 113 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 222 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 205 | 26.7 | 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
- Inkisi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Kimpese in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Masina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MayRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 131 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Matadi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Boma in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 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 Mbanza-Ngungu) is explained once on the Mbanza-Ngungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.