Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In May its highs average 30.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kaambooni, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Kaambooni is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 65 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 31 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 55 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 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
- Kismayo in MaySomalia · 178 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Malindi in MayKenya · 240 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Garissa in MayKenya · 253 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Kilifi in MayKenya · 294 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MayKenya · 327 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 223 mm rain
- Jomvu in MayKenya · 341 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Mombasa in MayKenya · 343 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 223 mm rain
- Matuga in MayKenya · 360 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 220 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 Kaambooni) is explained once on the Kaambooni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.