Mairo Inya weather in May

In May, Mairo Inya sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 126 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mairo Inya's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mairo Inya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
126 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:31 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mairo Inya reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42213
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Mairo Inya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°385.8127.5
Feb24° / 10°273.9127.9
Mar24° / 11°687.1127.5
Apr23° / 12°15714.6125.9
May22° / 12°12613.1126.2
Jun21° / 12°10013.5125.8
Jul20° / 11°14618125.1
Aug20° / 11°15618.8125.0
Sep22° / 11°9411.3126.3
Oct22° / 11°15014.6125.8
Nov21° / 11°15117.5125.2
Dec21° / 11°599.5126.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33565
43565
53664
63763
73961
84159
94258
104357
114555
124753
134852
145050
155149
165248
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195446
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245842
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315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mairo Inya gets around 126 mm of rain over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
162
261
361
460
559
658
756
854
952
1050
1148
1246
1344
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1540
1638
1737
1835
1934
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2132
2231
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2530
2630
2731
2831
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3033
3134

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
17228
27228
37228
47327
57426
67525
77624
87822
97921
108119
118317
128416
138614
148713
158911
169010
17919
18928
19928
20937
21946
22946
23946
24955
25955
26955
27946
28946
29946
30937
31937

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:326:32
212.06:316:31
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2912.06:316:32
3012.06:326:32
3112.06:326:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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105.8Bright
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145.9Bright
155.9Bright
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196.0Bright
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216.0Bright
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246.0Bright
256.0Bright
265.9Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mairo Inya?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mairo Inya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mairo Inya in May

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

In May, Mairo Inya sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mairo Inya in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mairo Inya peaks around March 16 at about 17 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 17Jun 19UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mairo Inya 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 Mairo Inya is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 2334 µg/m³Oct 1224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mairo Inya?

Mairo Inya sits at 0.0°N, 36.4°E, 2,294 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Nyahururu, 5.0 km away.

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Topography around Mairo Inya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mairo Inya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 2,345 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 646 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,011 m.

The land around Mairo Inya is covered by trees (27%), shrubs (25%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), grassland (25%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
646 m
80 km
3,011 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Nyahururu 5.0 km · Upper Gilgil 30 km · Ol Kalou 33 km · Nakuru 53 km · Gilgil 60 km · Rongai 65 km · Njoro 65 km · Nanyuki 74 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
Christian 86%Muslim 11%other 2%none 2%

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 Mairo Inya (0.0254°, 36.4087°, elevation 2,294 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).