El Wak weather in May

In May, El Wak sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 35 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is El Wak's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Wak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 35 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:09 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

El Wak is place in Kenya.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical May day in El Wak reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How May really feels in El Wak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

El Wak weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 23°	5	0.9	11.9	3.5
Feb	36° / 24°	3	0.5	11.9	2.8
Mar	35° / 25°	23	3.5	12	2.8
Apr	33° / 24°	105	14.8	12.1	3.3
May	31° / 24°	35	8.6	12.1	4.4
Jun	31° / 23°	5	1.1	12.2	5.1
Jul	30° / 22°	3	0.9	12.1	5.5
Aug	31° / 22°	3	0.7	12.1	5.2
Sep	32° / 23°	3	0.6	12	4.8
Oct	32° / 23°	72	9.4	11.9	4.2
Nov	31° / 23°	103	13.8	11.9	4.3
Dec	33° / 23°	20	4.1	11.8	4.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	61	63	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	60	59	58	56	54	53	51	49	48	46
Cloudier (%)	50	50	49	47	46	44	43	41	40	39	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	40	41	42	44	46	47	49	51	52	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	56	44
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	51	49
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

El Wak gets around 35 mm of rain over 8.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	50	49	47	45	43	41	39	36	34	32	30	29	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	50
3	49
4	47
5	45
6	43
7	41
8	39
9	36
10	34
11	32
12	30
13	29
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	22
20	21
21	20
22	19
23	18
24	17
25	16
26	15
27	14
28	13
29	12
30	11
31	10

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Humid (%)	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	23	25	27	30	32	34	37	40	42
Muggy (%)	32	33	35	36	38	40	43	45	48	50	52	55	57	59	61	62	64	64	65	64	65	65	64	62	62	59	58	56	53	51	49
Oppressive (%)	65	64	63	61	59	57	54	51	48	45	42	38	35	32	29	26	23	21	19	17	15	13	12	11	9	8	7	7	6	5	4

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	3	32	65
2	0	3	33	64
3	0	2	35	63
4	0	3	36	61
5	0	3	38	59
6	0	3	40	57
7	0	3	43	54
8	0	4	45	51
9	0	4	48	48
10	0	5	50	45
11	0	6	52	42
12	0	7	55	38
13	0	8	57	35
14	0	9	59	32
15	0	10	61	29
16	0	12	62	26
17	0	13	64	23
18	0	15	64	21
19	0	16	65	19
20	1	18	64	17
21	1	19	65	15
22	1	21	65	13
23	1	23	64	12
24	2	25	62	11
25	2	27	62	9
26	3	30	59	8
27	3	32	58	7
28	3	34	56	7
29	4	37	53	6
30	4	40	51	5
31	4	42	49	4

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18
Feels	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:11	6:16
2	12.1	6:10	6:16
3	12.1	6:10	6:16
4	12.1	6:10	6:16
5	12.1	6:10	6:16
6	12.1	6:10	6:16
7	12.1	6:10	6:16
8	12.1	6:09	6:16
9	12.1	6:09	6:16
10	12.1	6:09	6:16
11	12.1	6:09	6:16
12	12.1	6:09	6:16
13	12.1	6:09	6:16
14	12.1	6:09	6:16
15	12.1	6:09	6:16
16	12.1	6:09	6:16
17	12.1	6:09	6:16
18	12.1	6:09	6:16
19	12.1	6:09	6:17
20	12.1	6:09	6:17
21	12.1	6:09	6:17
22	12.1	6:09	6:17
23	12.1	6:09	6:17
24	12.1	6:09	6:17
25	12.1	6:09	6:17
26	12.1	6:09	6:17
27	12.1	6:09	6:18
28	12.1	6:09	6:18
29	12.1	6:09	6:18
30	12.1	6:09	6:18
31	12.1	6:09	6:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit El Wak?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit El Wak for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for El Wak in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, El Wak sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in El Wak in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Wak peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	14	15	15	12	10	11	13	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is El Wak?

El Wak sits at 2.8°N, 40.9°E, 384 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Lafey, 48 km away.

Topography around El Wak

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of El Wak.

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Wak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5 m around an average of 383 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 710 m.

The land around El Wak is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, shrubs (87%) within 16 km, and shrubs (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

5 m

grassland 86%

16 km

40 m

shrubs 87%

80 km

710 m

shrubs 99%

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← April El Wak year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Lafey 48 km · Dhamas 59 km · Takaba 99 km · Ramu 129 km · Wajir 153 km · Baardheere 158 km · Mandera 162 km · Beled Hawo 163 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for El Wak (2.8092°, 40.9288°, elevation 384 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	56	44
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	51	49
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	50
3	49
4	47
5	45
6	43
7	41
8	39
9	36
10	34
11	32
12	30
13	29
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	22
20	21
21	20
22	19
23	18
24	17
25	16
26	15
27	14
28	13
29	12
30	11
31	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	3	32	65
2	0	3	33	64
3	0	2	35	63
4	0	3	36	61
5	0	3	38	59
6	0	3	40	57
7	0	3	43	54
8	0	4	45	51
9	0	4	48	48
10	0	5	50	45
11	0	6	52	42
12	0	7	55	38
13	0	8	57	35
14	0	9	59	32
15	0	10	61	29
16	0	12	62	26
17	0	13	64	23
18	0	15	64	21
19	0	16	65	19
20	1	18	64	17
21	1	19	65	15
22	1	21	65	13
23	1	23	64	12
24	2	25	62	11
25	2	27	62	9
26	3	30	59	8
27	3	32	58	7
28	3	34	56	7
29	4	37	53	6
30	4	40	51	5
31	4	42	49	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	56	44
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	51	49
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	50
3	49
4	47
5	45
6	43
7	41
8	39
9	36
10	34
11	32
12	30
13	29
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	22
20	21
21	20
22	19
23	18
24	17
25	16
26	15
27	14
28	13
29	12
30	11
31	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	3	32	65
2	0	3	33	64
3	0	2	35	63
4	0	3	36	61
5	0	3	38	59
6	0	3	40	57
7	0	3	43	54
8	0	4	45	51
9	0	4	48	48
10	0	5	50	45
11	0	6	52	42
12	0	7	55	38
13	0	8	57	35
14	0	9	59	32
15	0	10	61	29
16	0	12	62	26
17	0	13	64	23
18	0	15	64	21
19	0	16	65	19
20	1	18	64	17
21	1	19	65	15
22	1	21	65	13
23	1	23	64	12
24	2	25	62	11
25	2	27	62	9
26	3	30	59	8
27	3	32	58	7
28	3	34	56	7
29	4	37	53	6
30	4	40	51	5
31	4	42	49	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	61	39
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	60	40
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	56	44
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	51	49
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	50
3	49
4	47
5	45
6	43
7	41
8	39
9	36
10	34
11	32
12	30
13	29
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	22
20	21
21	20
22	19
23	18
24	17
25	16
26	15
27	14
28	13
29	12
30	11
31	10

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	3	32	65
2	0	3	33	64
3	0	2	35	63
4	0	3	36	61
5	0	3	38	59
6	0	3	40	57
7	0	3	43	54
8	0	4	45	51
9	0	4	48	48
10	0	5	50	45
11	0	6	52	42
12	0	7	55	38
13	0	8	57	35
14	0	9	59	32
15	0	10	61	29
16	0	12	62	26
17	0	13	64	23
18	0	15	64	21
19	0	16	65	19
20	1	18	64	17
21	1	19	65	15
22	1	21	65	13
23	1	23	64	12
24	2	25	62	11
25	2	27	62	9
26	3	30	59	8
27	3	32	58	7
28	3	34	56	7
29	4	37	53	6
30	4	40	51	5
31	4	42	49	4