Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kotido, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Kotido is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 106 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
Kotido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 123 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 44 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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
- Lira in MayUganda · 159 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Lodwar in MayKenya · 163 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Gulu in MayUganda · 205 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Kitale in MayKenya · 239 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Busia in MayKenya · 280 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 276 mm rain
- Eldoret in MayKenya · 301 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.0°C · 245 mm rain
- Njeru in MayUganda · 302 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Masindi in MayUganda · 305 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 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 Kotido) is explained once on the Kotido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.