Baudhuinville weather in May

In May, Baudhuinville sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 45 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Baudhuinville's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baudhuinville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:07 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Baudhuinville is Moba is a town located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Tanganyika Province. It is the administrative center of Moba Territory..

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Baudhuinville reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Baudhuinville weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 20°18326.712.44.0
Feb26° / 21°13822.912.24.2
Mar26° / 20°20826.1124.1
Apr25° / 20°17521.611.84.8
May26° / 20°457.911.77.4
Jun25° / 19°30.911.68.7
Jul25° / 18°10.111.69.1
Aug26° / 19°30.711.88.6
Sep28° / 20°123.2127.3
Oct28° / 21°7314.812.25.5
Nov26° / 20°17523.712.34.3
Dec25° / 20°2162812.43.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25545
35644
45743
55941
66040
76238
86436
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Baudhuinville gets around 45 mm of rain over 7.9 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 25% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
149
247
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542
640
739
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935
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1131
1229
1328
1426
1524
1623
1721
1820
1919
2018
2117
2216
2315
2414
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299
309
318

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1014257
2024454
3024652
4024850
5035048
6035146
7035443
8045541
9045838
10055936
11056233
12066430
13066727
14076825
15077122
16087220
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210127612
220137611
230147610
24015769
25016768
26017767
27119746
28121726
29123715
30125704
31128674

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:065:51
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Baudhuinville

In seasonPeak

None of Baudhuinville's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Baudhuinville's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Baudhuinville?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Baudhuinville for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Baudhuinville in May

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

In May, Baudhuinville sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 20°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baudhuinville 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 Baudhuinville peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 16Aug 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Baudhuinville 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 Baudhuinville is worst in August — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.7× the cleanest month (April, 7 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 2146 µg/m³Apr 237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug47Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct27Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Baudhuinville?

Baudhuinville sits at 7.1°S, 29.7°E, 1,135 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Pepa, 68 km away.

KalemieNamanyereKaputaUseviaMpanda

Topography around Baudhuinville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baudhuinville has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m around an average of 1,112 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,334 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,709 m.

The land around Baudhuinville is covered by grassland (57%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
251 m
16 km
1,334 m
80 km
1,709 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Pepa 68 km · Kituku 76 km · Kirando 102 km · Kalemie 140 km · Namanyere 153 km · Kaputa 154 km · Usevia 165 km · Mpanda 169 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 Baudhuinville (-7.0841°, 29.7368°, elevation 1,135 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).