Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franceville (43 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks joint 1st of 6 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 28.9°C; Moanda, Gabon is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 41 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
Moanda, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 12.212 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
- Franceville in MayGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 138 mm rain
- Nkayi in MayRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Dolisie in MayRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MayRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MayRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Oyem in MayGabon · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 185 mm rain
- Masina in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 99 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.