Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwala weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mwala: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (56 km away). In May its highs average 23.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mwala, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mwala ranks joint 16th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Mwala is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 5.5 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
Mwala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 40 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 70 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 24.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 40 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 33 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 155 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 80 | 17.6 | 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 · 56 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Kitengela in MayKenya · 57 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MayKenya · 57 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Ruiru in MayKenya · 59 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Nairobi in MayKenya · 71 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in MayKenya · 77 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MayKenya · 79 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 80 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 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 Mwala) is explained once on the Mwala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.