Masumbwe Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Masumbwe, 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 18°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 30°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 50 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 18, 2000
Reanalysis low: 12°CMay 20, 1997
Daylight: 11 h 59 min to 11 h 56 min
Cloud cover: 56%
Humidity: 63%
Dew point: 15°C
Wind: 11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	29°C	18°C	33°C 2000	14°C 2007	60%
May 2	29°C	18°C	33°C 2000	16°C 2008	59%
May 3	29°C	18°C	33°C 2000	16°C 2018	58%
May 4	29°C	18°C	34°C 2000	15°C 2008	58%
May 5	29°C	18°C	34°C 2000	15°C 2008	56%
May 6	29°C	18°C	34°C 2000	15°C 2008	55%
May 7	29°C	18°C	34°C 2000	15°C 1997	54%
May 8	29°C	18°C	33°C 2000	14°C 1992	54%
May 9	29°C	18°C	33°C 2001	15°C 1996	51%
May 10	30°C	18°C	33°C 2000	14°C 2016	47%
May 11	30°C	18°C	33°C 1999	15°C 2002	44%
May 12	30°C	18°C	33°C 2000	15°C 2002	42%
May 13	30°C	18°C	33°C 2000	15°C 1992	39%
May 14	30°C	18°C	33°C 2002	15°C 2016	36%
May 15	30°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2007	35%
May 16	30°C	18°C	33°C 2000	15°C 2016	34%
May 17	30°C	18°C	34°C 2000	15°C 2016	32%
May 18	30°C	18°C	34°C 2000	14°C 1998	31%
May 19	30°C	17°C	34°C 2000	13°C 1997	28%
May 20	30°C	17°C	34°C 2000	12°C 1997	27%
May 21	31°C	17°C	34°C 2000	12°C 1997	26%
May 22	31°C	17°C	34°C 2000	15°C 2019	24%
May 23	31°C	17°C	34°C 2000	14°C 2020	23%
May 24	31°C	17°C	34°C 2000	13°C 2020	22%
May 25	31°C	17°C	34°C 2002	13°C 1995	21%
May 26	31°C	17°C	33°C 2002	14°C 1997	20%
May 27	31°C	17°C	33°C 2000	14°C 2004	19%
May 28	31°C	17°C	33°C 1998	14°C 1992	18%
May 29	31°C	17°C	33°C 2002	13°C 2018	18%
May 30	31°C	17°C	34°C 2002	13°C 2018	16%
May 31	31°C	17°C	33°C 2002	14°C 2020	15%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1: sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:47 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.