Average temperature in May is 26.4 °C
Average daytime temperature is 30.3 °C
Average night temperature is 23.3 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 33.1 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 22.1 °C
Number of sunny days: 7
Number of rainy days: 24
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 49 mm
* Weather data for Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 25.2 | 29.5 | 30 | 31.1 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 31.7 | 31 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 29.1 | 31.6 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 31.3 | 32.1 | 31 | 31.7 | 33.1 | 28.3 | 29 | 30.8 | 30.4 | 31.5 | 29.6 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 29.4 | 30.2 |
| Apparent max temperature | 29.3 | 34.5 | 36.2 | 36.1 | 34.6 | 35.8 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 35.2 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 34.7 | 36.9 | 37.5 | 36.2 | 36 | 37.7 | 35.6 | 38.3 | 38.1 | 32.4 | 33.3 | 36.7 | 35.9 | 36.7 | 34 | 34.2 | 32.3 | 33.2 | 33.9 | 35.8 |
| Mean temperature | 23.7 | 25.6 | 26 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 26.6 | 27.1 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 27 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 26.2 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 27.5 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 29.7 | 28.2 | 28.6 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 28.1 | 28 | 29 | 28.2 | 27.1 | 28.5 | 26.6 | 28.6 | 27.8 | 28.2 | 27 | 26.9 | 27 | 26.1 | 26.5 |
| Minimum temperature | 22.3 | 23 | 22.5 | 23 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 24 | 24.5 | 23.1 | 24 | 23.8 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 23.8 | 23.3 | 24 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 23 | 22.9 | 22.1 | 22.3 |
| Apparent min temperature | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.1 | 31.2 | 30.3 | 31.1 | 32.4 | 32.1 | 31.2 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 31.4 | 32.2 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 32 | 32 | 31.9 | 31.6 | 29.8 | 30.3 | 31.7 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 31 | 29 | 29.9 | 30.4 | 30.6 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 3 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 6.3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 11.4 | 7.5 | 9 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 9 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 9.3 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kinshasa was 33.1°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 22.1°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Kinshasa are 23.3°C and 30.3°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 49 mm.