Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbuji-Mayi weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 Mbuji-Mayi: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (24 km away). In May its highs average 30.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mbuji-Mayi, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbuji-Mayi ranks joint 6th of 60 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mbuji-Mayi is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 5.9 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
Mbuji-Mayi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 144 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.9 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 159 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 183 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 170 | 23.9 | 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
- Miabi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 24 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Gandajika in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Kabinda in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Kanyama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Lodja in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 85 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 Mbuji-Mayi) is explained once on the Mbuji-Mayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Miabi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.