Kabalo weather in May

In May, Kabalo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 26 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kabalo's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabalo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
26 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:17 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
53%
4th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Kabalo is town in Tanganyika Province, DRC.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kabalo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kabalo

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.

Kabalo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°16521.112.33.8
Feb30° / 22°13518.312.23.7
Mar30° / 22°16620.9123.6
Apr31° / 22°12918.611.93.6
May33° / 22°26611.74.0
Jun34° / 22°30.511.73.7
Jul34° / 21°10.111.73.6
Aug34° / 22°122.211.83.5
Sep33° / 23°508.9123.7
Oct30° / 22°13819.712.13.6
Nov29° / 22°19923.812.33.5
Dec29° / 22°19224.212.33.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34654
44852
54951
65050
75149
85248
95347
105545
115644
125743
135842
146040
156040
166139
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216337
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kabalo gets around 26 mm of rain over 6 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 19% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
141
239
337
435
533
632
730
828
927
1025
1123
1221
1320
1418
1517
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1715
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2013
2112
2211
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2410
259
269
278
288
297
307
316

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 62% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10163360
20273556
30283654
403103750
503113749
604123846
704133943
805154041
906164038
1007174135
1108194132
1209204130
13010224127
14011234125
15012254023
16113264021
17114273919
18115293818
19115303716
20216313715
21217323614
22317323513
23318333412
24419333211
25520333111
26621333010
2772233299
2882332289
29102431278
30122530267
31142629257

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:166:03
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311.86:166:03
411.86:166:02
511.86:166:02
611.86:166:02
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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 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kabalo

In seasonPeak

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

Kabalo's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Kabalo?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kabalo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kabalo in May

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

In May, Kabalo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabalo 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 Kabalo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Aug 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Kabalo 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 Kabalo is worst in July — around 173 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 17163 µg/m³Apr 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May23Moderate
Jun88Unhealthy
Jul173Very unhealthy
Aug94Unhealthy
Sep35Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kabalo?

Kabalo sits at 6.1°S, 26.9°E, 560 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kongolo, 75 km away.

NyunzuManonoLubaoKalimaKasongoMulongoMalemba-Nkulu

Topography around Kabalo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabalo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 555 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Kabalo is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), trees (33%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (54%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
471 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kongolo 75 km · Nyunzu 122 km · Manono 149 km · Lubao 149 km · Kalima 157 km · Kasongo 183 km · Mulongo 198 km · Malemba-Nkulu 222 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 Kabalo (-6.0526°, 26.9143°, elevation 560 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).