Gemena weather in May

In May, Gemena sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 114 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gemena's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gemena's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
114 mm
19 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:33 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
68%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Gemena is town in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gemena reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Gemena

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Gemena 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
Jan32° / 21°275.711.84.3
Feb33° / 22°518.611.93.5
Mar32° / 23°13217.2123.1
Apr31° / 23°1381912.13.3
May31° / 23°1141912.13.6
Jun30° / 22°9618.212.23.9
Jul29° / 22°12321.412.23.9
Aug29° / 21°16224.812.13.6
Sep29° / 21°15923.6123.5
Oct29° / 22°18225.411.93.4
Nov30° / 22°13821.311.93.6
Dec31° / 21°448.511.84.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23367
33367
43466
53466
63664
73664
83763
93763
103862
113961
123961
133961
144060
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243763
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303664
313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gemena gets around 114 mm of rain over 19 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 62% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
162
261
361
461
561
661
760
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1060
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1261
1361
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1561
1662
1762
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1962
2063
2163
2263
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2463
2563
2663
2763
2862
2962
3062
3161

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11963
21963
31963
41963
51954
61954
70964
80964
90964
100964
110964
120964
130964
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150964
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180964
190964
200964
210964
220964
231954
241954
251954
261963
271963
281963
291963
301972
311972

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:41 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:355:41
212.15:355:41
312.15:345:41
412.15:345:41
512.15:345:41
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.4Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gemena?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gemena.

What to pack for Gemena in May

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

In May, Gemena sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gemena 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 Gemena peaks around April 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 17UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gemena 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 Gemena is worst in February — around 95 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.1× the cleanest month (October, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateFeb 1792 µg/m³Oct 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb95Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr29Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gemena?

Gemena sits at 3.3°N, 19.8°E, 420 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Businga, 124 km away.

BusingaBingaLibengeMindouliBétouGbadoliteZongoBangui

Topography around Gemena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gemena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 414 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m.

The land around Gemena is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), trees (35%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
283 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Businga 124 km · Binga 127 km · Libenge 134 km · Mindouli 141 km · Bétou 141 km · Gbadolite 178 km · Zongo 178 km · Bangui 183 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 Gemena (3.2565°, 19.7723°, elevation 420 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).