Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene 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 Mwene: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Mwene, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks joint 6th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Mwene is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.6 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
Mwene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 223 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 205 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 183 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 33.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 102 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 167 | 23.9 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 215 | 26.9 | 12.713 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
- Tshilenge in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Kamina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Saurimo in MayAngola · 272 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Lucapa in MayAngola · 280 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Kanyama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Bukama in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 5.3 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 Mwene) is explained once on the Mwene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.