Climate averages 1991–2020
Migori weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Migori: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarime (34 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Migori, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Migori ranks 14th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Migori is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 55 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
Migori climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 17.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 86 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 155 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 232 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 151 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 55 | 11.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 31 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 130 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 218 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 169 | 21.5 | 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
- Tarime in MayTanzania · 34 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Kisii in MayKenya · 54 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Musoma in MayTanzania · 89 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Kisumu in MayKenya · 112 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 206 mm rain
- Bunda in MayTanzania · 126 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Khwisero in MayKenya · 138 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Kakamega in MayKenya · 153 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Busia in MayKenya · 174 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 276 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 Migori) is explained once on the Migori year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.