Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th 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 Nakuru: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 2.3°C cooler than Nakuru, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks joint 24th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Nakuru is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 49 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
Nakuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 104 | 12.9 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 55 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 21.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 72 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 51 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 87 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 92 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 23.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 12.112 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
- Naivasha in MayKenya · 60 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Nyeri in MayKenya · 98 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Limuru in MayKenya · 110 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MayKenya · 117 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 123 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MayKenya · 123 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Eldoret in MayKenya · 128 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 245 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MayKenya · 131 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 135 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 Nakuru) is explained once on the Nakuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.