Kitengela weather in May

In May, Kitengela sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 80 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kitengela's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kitengela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 80 mm; 15.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:30 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kitengela reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than 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)	24	24	24	24	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
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Kitengela weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 15°	41	7.8	12.1	7.2
Feb	27° / 16°	36	6.5	12	7.1
Mar	27° / 16°	72	13.4	12	6.2
Apr	25° / 16°	133	21.4	12	5.0
May	24° / 16°	80	15.6	11.9	6.0
Jun	23° / 14°	31	6.7	11.9	6.8
Jul	22° / 13°	11	2.7	11.9	7.2
Aug	23° / 13°	15	3	12	7.3
Sep	24° / 14°	11	2.2	12	7.9
Oct	25° / 15°	37	8.6	12	6.9
Nov	24° / 16°	114	21.3	12.1	5.1
Dec	24° / 15°	69	15.2	12.1	6.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	39	40	40	40	42	42	44	43	43	44	44	43	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	39	39	37	36
Cloudier (%)	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	61	60	60	60	58	58	56	57	57	56	56	57	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	61	61	63	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	37	63
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kitengela gets around 80 mm of rain over 15.6 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 50% and peaks near 70% 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 (%)	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	63	61	59	57	55	53	51	49	47	46	44	42	40	39	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	69
4	69
5	68
6	67
7	66
8	65
9	63
10	61
11	59
12	57
13	55
14	53
15	51
16	49
17	47
18	46
19	44
20	42
21	40
22	39
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	32

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	16	17	19	21	22	24	25	26	27
Comfortable (%)	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	55	57	58	61	62	63	64	66	66	67	68	69	69	69	68	68	67	66	65	63	63	62	62
Humid (%)	52	51	51	50	49	48	46	45	43	41	39	36	34	32	30	27	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	48	51
3	1	48	51
4	1	49	50
5	1	50	49
6	1	51	48
7	2	52	46
8	2	53	45
9	2	55	43
10	2	57	41
11	3	58	39
12	3	61	36
13	4	62	34
14	5	63	32
15	6	64	30
16	7	66	27
17	8	66	26
18	9	67	24
19	10	68	22
20	11	69	20
21	13	69	18
22	14	69	17
23	16	68	16
24	17	68	15
25	19	67	14
26	21	66	13
27	22	65	13
28	24	63	13
29	25	63	12
30	26	62	12
31	27	62	11

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 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 6:31 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:27 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:31	6:28
2	11.9	6:31	6:28
3	11.9	6:31	6:28
4	11.9	6:31	6:27
5	11.9	6:31	6:27
6	11.9	6:30	6:27
7	11.9	6:30	6:27
8	11.9	6:30	6:27
9	11.9	6:30	6:27
10	11.9	6:30	6:27
11	11.9	6:30	6:27
12	11.9	6:30	6:27
13	11.9	6:30	6:26
14	11.9	6:30	6:26
15	11.9	6:30	6:26
16	11.9	6:30	6:26
17	11.9	6:30	6:26
18	11.9	6:30	6:26
19	11.9	6:31	6:26
20	11.9	6:31	6:26
21	11.9	6:31	6:26
22	11.9	6:31	6:26
23	11.9	6:31	6:27
24	11.9	6:31	6:27
25	11.9	6:31	6:27
26	11.9	6:31	6:27
27	11.9	6:31	6:27
28	11.9	6:31	6:27
29	11.9	6:32	6:27
30	11.9	6:32	6:27
31	11.9	6:32	6:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.1 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kitengela?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kitengela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kitengela in May

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

In May, Kitengela sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kitengela 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 Kitengela peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (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)	15	15	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kitengela in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kitengela is worst in June — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	48	43	41	44	47	53	48	39	34	33	45	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kitengela?

Kitengela sits at 1.5°S, 37.0°E, 1,574 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Athi River, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Kitengela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kitengela has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 1,556 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,114 m.

The land around Kitengela is covered by grassland (43%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

102 m

grassland 43%

16 km

380 m

grassland 77%

80 km

2,114 m

shrubs 40%

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

May weather nearby: Athi River 3.0 km · Mlolongo 9.0 km · Imara Daima Estate 19 km · Githunguri 20 km · Ongata Rongai 24 km · Pumwani 25 km · Nairobi 27 km · Lang'ata 28 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 Kitengela (-1.4761°, 36.9614°, elevation 1,574 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	69
4	69
5	68
6	67
7	66
8	65
9	63
10	61
11	59
12	57
13	55
14	53
15	51
16	49
17	47
18	46
19	44
20	42
21	40
22	39
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	48	51
3	1	48	51
4	1	49	50
5	1	50	49
6	1	51	48
7	2	52	46
8	2	53	45
9	2	55	43
10	2	57	41
11	3	58	39
12	3	61	36
13	4	62	34
14	5	63	32
15	6	64	30
16	7	66	27
17	8	66	26
18	9	67	24
19	10	68	22
20	11	69	20
21	13	69	18
22	14	69	17
23	16	68	16
24	17	68	15
25	19	67	14
26	21	66	13
27	22	65	13
28	24	63	13
29	25	63	12
30	26	62	12
31	27	62	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	69
4	69
5	68
6	67
7	66
8	65
9	63
10	61
11	59
12	57
13	55
14	53
15	51
16	49
17	47
18	46
19	44
20	42
21	40
22	39
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	48	51
3	1	48	51
4	1	49	50
5	1	50	49
6	1	51	48
7	2	52	46
8	2	53	45
9	2	55	43
10	2	57	41
11	3	58	39
12	3	61	36
13	4	62	34
14	5	63	32
15	6	64	30
16	7	66	27
17	8	66	26
18	9	67	24
19	10	68	22
20	11	69	20
21	13	69	18
22	14	69	17
23	16	68	16
24	17	68	15
25	19	67	14
26	21	66	13
27	22	65	13
28	24	63	13
29	25	63	12
30	26	62	12
31	27	62	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	37	63
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	69
4	69
5	68
6	67
7	66
8	65
9	63
10	61
11	59
12	57
13	55
14	53
15	51
16	49
17	47
18	46
19	44
20	42
21	40
22	39
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	47	52
2	1	48	51
3	1	48	51
4	1	49	50
5	1	50	49
6	1	51	48
7	2	52	46
8	2	53	45
9	2	55	43
10	2	57	41
11	3	58	39
12	3	61	36
13	4	62	34
14	5	63	32
15	6	64	30
16	7	66	27
17	8	66	26
18	9	67	24
19	10	68	22
20	11	69	20
21	13	69	18
22	14	69	17
23	16	68	16
24	17	68	15
25	19	67	14
26	21	66	13
27	22	65	13
28	24	63	13
29	25	63	12
30	26	62	12
31	27	62	11