Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 7th 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 Mweka: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mweka, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest May highs and 39th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mweka is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 22 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
Mweka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 143 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 137 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 168 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 163 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 78 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 132 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 173 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 170 | 25.0 | 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
- Ilebo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Miabi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Lodja in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Chitato in MayAngola · 287 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 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 Mweka) is explained once on the Mweka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.