Kayna weather in May

In May, Kayna sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 192 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Kayna's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kayna's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
9th warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
192 mm
21.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:00 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
75%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Kayna is Town in Lubero territory of DR 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 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kayna reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Kayna weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 16°48920125.2
Feb25° / 16°33416125.4
Mar25° / 16°36120.5125.0
Apr24° / 17°28722.9124.5
May24° / 17°19221.4125.0
Jun24° / 16°11513.4126.2
Jul24° / 15°9811.6126.7
Aug24° / 16°19717125.7
Sep24° / 16°26019.7125.1
Oct24° / 16°43424.9124.4
Nov24° / 16°40224.8124.3
Dec24° / 16°52522.4124.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
21189
31288
41288
51387
61387
71585
81585
91684
101783
111981
122179
132179
142278
152476
162575
172674
182773
192872
203070
213070
223169
233367
243367
253565
263565
273664
283763
293763
303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kayna gets around 192 mm of rain over 21.4 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 68% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
282
382
482
581
681
780
879
978
1077
1176
1275
1373
1471
1570
1668
1767
1866
1964
2063
2162
2261
2360
2458
2557
2656
2755
2855
2954
3054
3153

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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1014851
2014851
3014851
4014851
5014851
6015841
7015841
8016831
9017821
10018811
11019801
12021781
13022771
14024751
15026740
16028720
17030700
18032680
19034660
20137620
21139600
22141580
23144550
24146530
25148510
26250490
27251470
28253450
29354430
30355420
31356410

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

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
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315calm

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 6:01 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:016:00
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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 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.45 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kayna

In seasonPeak

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

Kayna's rainy season runs September–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 Kayna?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kayna for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kayna in May

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

In May, Kayna sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kayna in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kayna peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kayna 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 Kayna is worst in July — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJul 1579 µg/m³Oct 2057 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan72Unhealthy
Feb76Unhealthy
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul80Unhealthy
Aug70Unhealthy
Sep60Unhealthy
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec65Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kayna?

Kayna sits at 0.6°S, 29.2°E, 1,753 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kanyobagonga, 10 km away.

Topography around Kayna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kayna has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m around an average of 1,691 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,543 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,208 m.

The land around Kayna is covered by grassland (52%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
460 m
16 km
1,543 m
80 km
2,208 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kanyobagonga 10 km · Katanda 32 km · Lubero 51 km · Kirumba 55 km · Kihihi 61 km · Rutshuru 71 km · Kanungu 79 km · Katwa 79 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 Kayna (-0.6093°, 29.1725°, elevation 1,753 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).