Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodwar weather
in May.
A hot, moderately 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 hot month in Lodwar: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotido (163 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 5.3°C cooler than Lodwar, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Lodwar ranks 1st of 37 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Lodwar is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 23 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
Lodwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 36 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 74 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 49 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 32.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 22 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 32.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 34.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 32 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 33.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 60 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 33.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.912 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
- Kotido in MayUganda · 163 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Kitale in MayKenya · 243 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Eldoret in MayKenya · 291 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 245 mm rain
- Lira in MayUganda · 315 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Kakamega in MayKenya · 329 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Busia in MayKenya · 339 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 276 mm rain
- Khwisero in MayKenya · 346 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Gulu in MayUganda · 368 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 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 Lodwar) is explained once on the Lodwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.