Climate averages 1991–2020
Mulongo weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th 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 Mulongo: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manono (74 km away). In May its highs average 33.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mulongo, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mulongo ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mulongo is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 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
Mulongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 228 | 24.0 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 174 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 109 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 32.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 34.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 119 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 23.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 231 | 26.3 | 12.613 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
- Manono in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 74 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Bukama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Kabalo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kamina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 242 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Nchelenge in MayZambia · 254 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Kongolo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 294 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 313 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 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 Mulongo) is explained once on the Mulongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.