Lubero weather in May

In May, Lubero sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 407 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 Lubero's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lubero's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 407 mm; 24.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:00 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Lubero reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14

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

Lubero weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 14°	473	21.3	12	4.8
Feb	23° / 14°	416	17.8	12	5.0
Mar	23° / 15°	694	24.1	12	4.4
Apr	22° / 15°	663	25.9	12	3.9
May	22° / 15°	407	24.9	12	4.3
Jun	21° / 14°	290	18.9	12	5.0
Jul	21° / 13°	289	18.8	12	5.1
Aug	22° / 14°	428	22.9	12	4.5
Sep	22° / 14°	596	22.8	12	4.4
Oct	22° / 14°	829	26.6	12	3.9
Nov	22° / 14°	782	26.1	12	3.8
Dec	22° / 14°	618	24.4	12	4.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	19	21	21	22	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	83	82	81	81	79	79	78	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lubero gets around 407 mm of rain over 24.9 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 80% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	83	82	80	79	78	76	75	74	72	71	70	68	67	67	66	66	66	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	89
10	88
11	87
12	86
13	85
14	83
15	82
16	80
17	79
18	78
19	76
20	75
21	74
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	68
26	67
27	67
28	66
29	66
30	66
31	65

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 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Comfortable (%)	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	38	39	41	43	44	46	48	50	52	54	56	56	58	60	60	61	62	62	63	64
Humid (%)	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	62	61	59	57	56	53	51	49	47	45	43	42	40	38	37	36	35	34	33	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	35	65
2	0	34	66
3	0	34	66
4	0	33	67
5	0	33	67
6	0	33	67
7	0	33	67
8	0	34	66
9	0	34	66
10	0	35	65
11	0	36	64
12	0	38	62
13	0	39	61
14	0	41	59
15	0	43	57
16	0	44	56
17	1	46	53
18	1	48	51
19	1	50	49
20	1	52	47
21	1	54	45
22	1	56	43
23	2	56	42
24	2	58	40
25	2	60	38
26	3	60	37
27	3	61	36
28	3	62	35
29	4	62	34
30	4	63	33
31	4	64	32

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 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 6:00 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:00 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)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:00	6:00
2	12.0	6:00	6:00
3	12.0	6:00	6:00
4	12.0	6:00	6:00
5	12.0	6:00	6:00
6	12.0	6:00	6:00
7	12.0	6:00	5:59
8	12.0	6:00	5:59
9	12.0	6:00	5:59
10	12.0	6:00	5:59
11	12.0	6:00	5:59
12	12.0	6:00	5:59
13	12.0	6:00	5:59
14	12.0	5:59	5:59
15	12.0	5:59	5:59
16	12.0	6:00	5:59
17	12.0	6:00	5:59
18	12.0	6:00	5:59
19	12.0	6:00	5:59
20	12.0	6:00	5:59
21	12.0	6:00	5:59
22	12.0	6:00	5:59
23	12.0	6:00	5:59
24	12.0	6:00	5:59
25	12.0	6:00	6:00
26	12.0	6:00	6:00
27	12.0	6:00	6:00
28	12.0	6:00	6:00
29	12.0	6:00	6:00
30	12.0	6:01	6:00
31	12.0	6:01	6:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.36 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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
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20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lubero?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lubero for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lubero in May

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

In May, Lubero sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

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UV index in Lubero 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 Lubero peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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	15	16	15	12	10	10	11	14	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Lubero 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 Lubero is worst in February — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 24 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)	48	52	35	27	28	34	43	32	26	24	25	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Lubero?

Lubero sits at 0.2°S, 29.2°E, 1,871 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Katwa, 29 km away.

Topography around Lubero

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lubero has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 577 m around an average of 1,981 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Lubero is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

577 m

trees 45%

16 km

1,454 m

trees 53%

80 km

2,681 m

trees 61%

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

May weather nearby: Katwa 29 km · Butembo 34 km · Kayna 51 km · Mpondwe 58 km · Kanyobagonga 61 km · Kisinga 75 km · Katanda 75 km · Beni 77 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 Lubero (-0.1584°, 29.2386°, elevation 1,871 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	22	15
2	22	15
3	22	15
4	22	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	22	15
11	22	15
12	22	15
13	22	15
14	22	15
15	22	15
16	22	15
17	22	15
18	22	15
19	22	15
20	22	15
21	22	15
22	22	15
23	22	15
24	22	15
25	22	15
26	22	15
27	22	15
28	22	15
29	22	15
30	22	15
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	89
10	88
11	87
12	86
13	85
14	83
15	82
16	80
17	79
18	78
19	76
20	75
21	74
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	68
26	67
27	67
28	66
29	66
30	66
31	65

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	35	65
2	0	34	66
3	0	34	66
4	0	33	67
5	0	33	67
6	0	33	67
7	0	33	67
8	0	34	66
9	0	34	66
10	0	35	65
11	0	36	64
12	0	38	62
13	0	39	61
14	0	41	59
15	0	43	57
16	0	44	56
17	1	46	53
18	1	48	51
19	1	50	49
20	1	52	47
21	1	54	45
22	1	56	43
23	2	56	42
24	2	58	40
25	2	60	38
26	3	60	37
27	3	61	36
28	3	62	35
29	4	62	34
30	4	63	33
31	4	64	32

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	89
10	88
11	87
12	86
13	85
14	83
15	82
16	80
17	79
18	78
19	76
20	75
21	74
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	68
26	67
27	67
28	66
29	66
30	66
31	65

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	35	65
2	0	34	66
3	0	34	66
4	0	33	67
5	0	33	67
6	0	33	67
7	0	33	67
8	0	34	66
9	0	34	66
10	0	35	65
11	0	36	64
12	0	38	62
13	0	39	61
14	0	41	59
15	0	43	57
16	0	44	56
17	1	46	53
18	1	48	51
19	1	50	49
20	1	52	47
21	1	54	45
22	1	56	43
23	2	56	42
24	2	58	40
25	2	60	38
26	3	60	37
27	3	61	36
28	3	62	35
29	4	62	34
30	4	63	33
31	4	64	32

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	22	78
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	92
2	92
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	90
9	89
10	88
11	87
12	86
13	85
14	83
15	82
16	80
17	79
18	78
19	76
20	75
21	74
22	72
23	71
24	70
25	68
26	67
27	67
28	66
29	66
30	66
31	65

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	35	65
2	0	34	66
3	0	34	66
4	0	33	67
5	0	33	67
6	0	33	67
7	0	33	67
8	0	34	66
9	0	34	66
10	0	35	65
11	0	36	64
12	0	38	62
13	0	39	61
14	0	41	59
15	0	43	57
16	0	44	56
17	1	46	53
18	1	48	51
19	1	50	49
20	1	52	47
21	1	54	45
22	1	56	43
23	2	56	42
24	2	58	40
25	2	60	38
26	3	60	37
27	3	61	36
28	3	62	35
29	4	62	34
30	4	63	33
31	4	64	32