Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 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 Tshikapa: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 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 Chitato (99 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Tshikapa, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks joint 6th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Tshikapa is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 6.0 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
Tshikapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 19.9 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 31.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 177 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 23.5 | 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
- Chitato in MayAngola · 99 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Dundo in MayAngola · 106 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Mweka in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Idiofa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Lucapa in MayAngola · 223 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Ilebo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Kikwit in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 83 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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.