Climate averages 1991–2020
Ongata Rongai weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ongata Rongai: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Ngong (11 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ongata Rongai, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ongata Rongai ranks 28th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Ongata Rongai is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 34 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
Ongata Rongai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 23 | 4.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 49 | 9.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 100 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 82 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 34 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 21.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| August | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 31 | 6.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 75 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 45 | 9.3 | 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
- Ngong in MayKenya · 11 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Nairobi in MayKenya · 14 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MayKenya · 20 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MayKenya · 20 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Kitengela in MayKenya · 24 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 24 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Limuru in MayKenya · 34 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Ruiru in MayKenya · 35 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 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 Ongata Rongai) is explained once on the Ongata Rongai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.