Pepa weather in May

In May, Pepa sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 98 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pepa's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pepa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 98 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:08 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 4th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; 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 Pepa reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°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	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13

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

Pepa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 14°	927	29	12.4	3.5
Feb	22° / 14°	717	25.2	12.3	3.7
Mar	22° / 14°	833	28.5	12.1	3.7
Apr	22° / 14°	515	24.3	11.8	4.2
May	22° / 14°	98	10	11.7	6.8
Jun	23° / 13°	3	0.4	11.6	8.4
Jul	23° / 13°	1	0.3	11.6	8.8
Aug	25° / 14°	14	1.2	11.7	8.5
Sep	25° / 15°	58	4.5	12	7.5
Oct	24° / 15°	317	17.6	12.2	5.6
Nov	23° / 14°	884	26.4	12.4	3.9
Dec	22° / 14°	1328	29.7	12.4	3.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. 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 (%)	37	38	39	41	42	44	46	48	50	51	53	54	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	68	68
Cloudier (%)	63	62	61	59	58	56	54	52	50	49	47	46	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	46	54
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pepa gets around 98 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 57% 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 (%)	57	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	43	41	39	37	35	33	32	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	21	20	18	17	16	14	13	12	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	54
4	52
5	50
6	48
7	46
8	44
9	43
10	41
11	39
12	37
13	35
14	33
15	32
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	26
20	25
21	24
22	23
23	21
24	20
25	18
26	17
27	16
28	14
29	13
30	12
31	10

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 64% 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 (%)	28	31	34	36	39	41	44	47	49	52	54	58	61	63	65	68	70	71	73	75	77	78	80	83	85	86	88	89	90	92	93
Comfortable (%)	61	59	56	55	53	51	49	47	45	44	42	39	37	35	33	31	29	28	26	24	22	21	19	17	15	14	12	11	10	8	7
Humid (%)	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	28	61	11
2	31	59	10
3	34	56	10
4	36	55	9
5	39	53	8
6	41	51	8
7	44	49	7
8	47	47	6
9	49	45	5
10	52	44	4
11	54	42	4
12	58	39	3
13	61	37	2
14	63	35	2
15	65	33	2
16	68	31	1
17	70	29	1
18	71	28	1
19	73	26	1
20	75	24	1
21	77	22	1
22	78	21	1
23	80	19	1
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	90	10	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:46 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:06	5:50
2	11.7	6:06	5:50
3	11.7	6:06	5:49
4	11.7	6:06	5:49
5	11.7	6:06	5:49
6	11.7	6:06	5:49
7	11.7	6:07	5:48
8	11.7	6:07	5:48
9	11.7	6:07	5:48
10	11.7	6:07	5:48
11	11.7	6:07	5:47
12	11.7	6:07	5:47
13	11.7	6:07	5:47
14	11.7	6:07	5:47
15	11.7	6:07	5:47
16	11.6	6:08	5:47
17	11.6	6:08	5:47
18	11.6	6:08	5:46
19	11.6	6:08	5:46
20	11.6	6:08	5:46
21	11.6	6:08	5:46
22	11.6	6:09	5:46
23	11.6	6:09	5:46
24	11.6	6:09	5:46
25	11.6	6:09	5:46
26	11.6	6:10	5:46
27	11.6	6:10	5:46
28	11.6	6:10	5:46
29	11.6	6:10	5:46
30	11.6	6:10	5:46
31	11.6	6:11	5:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.52 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	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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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
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27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Pepa

In seasonPeak

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

Pepa's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Is May a good time to visit Pepa?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pepa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pepa in May

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

In May, Pepa sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pepa 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 Pepa peaks around February 21 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 19 at about 10 (very high).

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)	16	17	17	15	11	10	11	10	10	14	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Pepa 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 Pepa is worst in September — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.3× the cleanest month (April, 7 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)	12	11	9	7	9	25	41	60	61	45	13	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	60	Unhealthy
Sep	61	Unhealthy
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Pepa?

Pepa sits at 7.7°S, 29.8°E, 1,958 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kituku, 49 km away.

Topography around Pepa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pepa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 1,967 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,708 m.

The land around Pepa is covered by grassland (82%) within 3 km, grassland (84%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

163 m

grassland 82%

16 km

627 m

grassland 84%

80 km

1,708 m

grassland 54%

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

May weather nearby: Kituku 49 km · Baudhuinville 68 km · Kaputa 87 km · Kirando 96 km · Chiengi 127 km · Pweto 129 km · Namanyere 142 km · Chala 165 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 Pepa (-7.6981°, 29.7772°, elevation 1,958 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	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	46	54
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	54
4	52
5	50
6	48
7	46
8	44
9	43
10	41
11	39
12	37
13	35
14	33
15	32
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	26
20	25
21	24
22	23
23	21
24	20
25	18
26	17
27	16
28	14
29	13
30	12
31	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	28	61	11
2	31	59	10
3	34	56	10
4	36	55	9
5	39	53	8
6	41	51	8
7	44	49	7
8	47	47	6
9	49	45	5
10	52	44	4
11	54	42	4
12	58	39	3
13	61	37	2
14	63	35	2
15	65	33	2
16	68	31	1
17	70	29	1
18	71	28	1
19	73	26	1
20	75	24	1
21	77	22	1
22	78	21	1
23	80	19	1
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	90	10	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	46	54
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	54
4	52
5	50
6	48
7	46
8	44
9	43
10	41
11	39
12	37
13	35
14	33
15	32
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	26
20	25
21	24
22	23
23	21
24	20
25	18
26	17
27	16
28	14
29	13
30	12
31	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	28	61	11
2	31	59	10
3	34	56	10
4	36	55	9
5	39	53	8
6	41	51	8
7	44	49	7
8	47	47	6
9	49	45	5
10	52	44	4
11	54	42	4
12	58	39	3
13	61	37	2
14	63	35	2
15	65	33	2
16	68	31	1
17	70	29	1
18	71	28	1
19	73	26	1
20	75	24	1
21	77	22	1
22	78	21	1
23	80	19	1
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	90	10	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	44	56
7	46	54
8	48	52
9	50	50
10	51	49
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	61	39
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	68	32
31	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	56
3	54
4	52
5	50
6	48
7	46
8	44
9	43
10	41
11	39
12	37
13	35
14	33
15	32
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	26
20	25
21	24
22	23
23	21
24	20
25	18
26	17
27	16
28	14
29	13
30	12
31	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	28	61	11
2	31	59	10
3	34	56	10
4	36	55	9
5	39	53	8
6	41	51	8
7	44	49	7
8	47	47	6
9	49	45	5
10	52	44	4
11	54	42	4
12	58	39	3
13	61	37	2
14	63	35	2
15	65	33	2
16	68	31	1
17	70	29	1
18	71	28	1
19	73	26	1
20	75	24	1
21	77	22	1
22	78	21	1
23	80	19	1
24	83	17	0
25	85	15	0
26	86	14	0
27	88	12	0
28	89	11	0
29	90	10	0
30	92	8	0
31	93	7	0