Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry 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 Soyo (23 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 44th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to under 1 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
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 87 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 101 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 81 | 13.3 | 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
- Soyo in MayAngola · 23 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Cabinda in MayAngola · 45 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Boma in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Matadi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MayRepublic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Dolisie in MayRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MayAngola · 210 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Nkayi in MayRepublic of the Congo · 219 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.