Climate averages 1991–2020
Uvira weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Uvira: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (25 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Uvira, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uvira ranks 48th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Uvira is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 13 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
Uvira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 147 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 92 | 8.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 115 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 53 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 13 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 6.8 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 28 | 4.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 60 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 156 | 10.6 | 12.312 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
- Bujumbura in MayBurundi · 25 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Gitega in MayBurundi · 87 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Gitarama in MayRwanda · 162 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Muhanga in MayRwanda · 165 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Kasulu in MayTanzania · 169 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Kigoma in MayTanzania · 173 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 191 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°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 Uvira) is explained once on the Uvira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bujumbura lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.