Babamba weather in May

In May, Babamba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 177 mm of rain across 26.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Babamba's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Babamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 177 mm; 26.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:06 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Babamba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

	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
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

How May really feels in Babamba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Babamba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	76	13	12	4.6
Feb	30° / 21°	91	13.8	12	4.0
Mar	29° / 21°	153	21.8	12	3.7
Apr	29° / 21°	182	24.5	12	3.5
May	28° / 21°	177	26.1	12	3.6
Jun	28° / 20°	143	23.4	12	4.2
Jul	28° / 20°	144	22.9	12	4.3
Aug	28° / 20°	192	25.8	12	3.9
Sep	28° / 20°	209	26.1	12	3.8
Oct	28° / 20°	235	27.7	12	3.7
Nov	27° / 20°	207	25.1	12	3.9
Dec	29° / 20°	118	19.7	12	4.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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
Clearer (%)	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	19
Cloudier (%)	88	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	82	82	82	81	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Babamba gets around 177 mm of rain over 26.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 84% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	81

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	26	27	28	30	31	33	34
Oppressive (%)	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	82	81	80	78	77	76	74	73	72	70	69	67	66

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	31	69
30	33	67
31	34	66

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
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31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:08 PM.

	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
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:07	6:07
2	12.0	6:07	6:07
3	12.0	6:07	6:07
4	12.0	6:07	6:07
5	12.0	6:07	6:07
6	12.0	6:06	6:07
7	12.0	6:06	6:07
8	12.0	6:06	6:07
9	12.0	6:06	6:07
10	12.0	6:06	6:07
11	12.0	6:06	6:07
12	12.0	6:06	6:07
13	12.0	6:06	6:07
14	12.0	6:06	6:07
15	12.0	6:06	6:07
16	12.0	6:06	6:07
17	12.0	6:06	6:07
18	12.0	6:06	6:07
19	12.0	6:06	6:07
20	12.0	6:06	6:07
21	12.0	6:06	6:07
22	12.0	6:06	6:07
23	12.0	6:06	6:07
24	12.0	6:06	6:07
25	12.0	6:06	6:07
26	12.0	6:07	6:07
27	12.0	6:07	6:07
28	12.0	6:07	6:07
29	12.0	6:07	6:07
30	12.0	6:07	6:08
31	12.0	6:07	6:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Babamba?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Babamba.

What to pack for Babamba in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Babamba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Babamba in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Babamba peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	14	14	11	9	8	10	13	13	11	10
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Babamba in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Babamba is worst in February — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (October, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	32	18	11	9	14	18	15	10	9	10	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Babamba?

Babamba sits at 0.2°N, 27.5°E, 760 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Lubero, 199 km away.

Topography around Babamba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Babamba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Babamba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m around an average of 773 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Babamba is covered by trees (100%) within 3 km, trees (99%) within 16 km, and trees (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

269 m

trees 100%

16 km

346 m

trees 99%

80 km

559 m

trees 100%

trees

← April Babamba year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Lubero 199 km · Butembo 201 km · Katwa 203 km · Kayna 207 km · Mangina 208 km · Kanyobagonga 212 km · Beni 224 km · Wamba 226 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Babamba (0.1833°, 27.4833°, elevation 760 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	31	69
30	33	67
31	34	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	31	69
30	33	67
31	34	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	83
5	84
6	84
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	86
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	85
19	85
20	85
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	30	70
29	31	69
30	33	67
31	34	66