Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In May its highs average 33.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wajir, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 4th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Wajir is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 2.1 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
Wajir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 9.1 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 35.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 69 | 12.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 32.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 35 | 6.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| December | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 12.012 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
- Garissa in MayKenya · 249 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Mandera in MayKenya · 315 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Isiolo in MayKenya · 316 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Meru in MayKenya · 327 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Kismayo in MaySomalia · 362 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MayKenya · 384 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Negēlē in MayEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MaySomalia · 413 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 154 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 Wajir) is explained once on the Wajir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.