Climate averages 1991–2020
Eldoret weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Eldoret: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitale (62 km away). In May its highs average 20.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Eldoret, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Eldoret ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Eldoret is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Eldoret climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 49 | 7.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 97 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 195 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 245 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 226 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 199 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 171 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 122 | 12.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 65 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Kitale in MayKenya · 62 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Kakamega in MayKenya · 63 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Khwisero in MayKenya · 85 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Kisumu in MayKenya · 89 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 206 mm rain
- Nakuru in MayKenya · 128 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Busia in MayKenya · 129 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 276 mm rain
- Kisii in MayKenya · 145 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Naivasha in MayKenya · 189 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 130 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Eldoret) is explained once on the Eldoret year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.