Climate averages 1991–2020

Mandera weather
in May.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 24.6°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall 34 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Mandera: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baidoa (219 km away). In May its highs average 30.6°C, 2.6°C cooler than Mandera, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mandera ranks joint 2nd of 37 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Mandera is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mandera climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mandera, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	35.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	1.9	0.4	11.912 h
February	36.7°C24.8°C	24.8°C	1.0	0.3	12.012 h
March	36.6°C25.7°C	25.7°C	15	2.4	12.112 h
April	33.5°C25.2°C	25.2°C	91	13.2	12.212 h
May, selected	33.2°C24.6°C	24.6°C	34	6.7	12.312 h
June	33.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	0.7	0.2	12.312 h
July	32.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	1.1	0.3	12.312 h
August	33.5°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.212 h
September	34.9°C24.0°C	24.0°C	1.8	0.6	12.112 h
October	32.9°C24.2°C	24.2°C	72	9.4	12.012 h
November	31.4°C23.3°C	23.3°C	68	10.2	11.912 h
December	33.9°C23.5°C	23.5°C	11	2.1	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

Distance from Mandera

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mandera) is explained once on the Mandera year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.