Tshikapa climate

Tshikapa Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Tshikapa, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 21°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 47 mm over about 9 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tshikapa, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
47 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMay 6, 2000
Reanalysis low
14°CMay 30, 1998
Daylight
11 h 53 min to 11 h 47 min
Cloud cover
59%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
19°C
Wind
3.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 129°C21°C36°C 200617°C 200354%
May 229°C21°C35°C 200018°C 200353%
May 330°C21°C34°C 200019°C 200252%
May 430°C21°C36°C 200018°C 200251%
May 530°C21°C36°C 200018°C 200250%
May 630°C21°C37°C 200018°C 200449%
May 730°C21°C37°C 200018°C 200447%
May 830°C21°C36°C 201116°C 200245%
May 930°C21°C36°C 201115°C 200243%
May 1030°C21°C36°C 200717°C 200441%
May 1130°C21°C36°C 200016°C 199738%
May 1230°C21°C36°C 200316°C 199737%
May 1330°C21°C36°C 199916°C 199734%
May 1430°C20°C36°C 200315°C 201032%
May 1531°C20°C36°C 200416°C 201031%
May 1631°C20°C36°C 200516°C 199730%
May 1731°C20°C36°C 200516°C 199328%
May 1831°C20°C37°C 200516°C 199329%
May 1931°C20°C37°C 201117°C 199827%
May 2031°C20°C37°C 200016°C 199326%
May 2131°C20°C37°C 200016°C 199325%
May 2231°C20°C37°C 200018°C 201624%
May 2331°C20°C37°C 200018°C 201523%
May 2431°C20°C36°C 200516°C 199823%
May 2531°C20°C36°C 201116°C 199823%
May 2631°C20°C36°C 200617°C 199823%
May 2731°C20°C36°C 200617°C 199823%
May 2831°C20°C36°C 200416°C 199824%
May 2931°C20°C36°C 200615°C 199823%
May 3031°C20°C36°C 199914°C 199821%
May 3131°C20°C36°C 199915°C 199819%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tshikapa, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 6:30 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 6:28 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.