Climate averages 1991–2020
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 8th 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 Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (39 km away). In May its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya ranks 20th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 32 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
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 17 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 63 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 135 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 32 | 9.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 22 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 27 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 27 | 7.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 123 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 168 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 55 | 11.8 | 12.212 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
- Thika in MayKenya · 39 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Nyeri in MayKenya · 41 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Ruiru in MayKenya · 55 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 71 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Limuru in MayKenya · 76 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Nairobi in MayKenya · 77 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mwala in MayKenya · 79 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MayKenya · 79 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 199 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 Karuri) is explained once on the Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.