Mandera weather in May

In May, Mandera sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 34 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mandera's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mandera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
7th warmest
Overnight low
25°
9th coldest
Rainfall
34 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:03 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
47%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Mandera is human settlement in Kenya.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mandera reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Mandera

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mandera weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 24°20.411.83.2
Feb36° / 25°10.311.92.5
Mar36° / 26°152.4122.3
Apr34° / 25°9113.212.12.9
May33° / 25°346.712.23.6
Jun33° / 25°10.212.24.0
Jul32° / 24°10.312.24.5
Aug33° / 24°10.212.14.1
Sep34° / 24°20.6123.5
Oct33° / 25°729.411.93.6
Nov32° / 24°6810.211.84.2
Dec34° / 24°112.111.83.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25941
35941
46139
56337
66535
76733
86931
97129
107327
117426
127426
137624
147624
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207525
217426
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237228
247129
257030
266931
276733
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296535
306436
316238

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mandera gets around 34 mm of rain over 6.7 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 23% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
147
246
344
442
540
638
736
834
932
1030
1128
1226
1325
1424
1522
1621
1719
1818
1916
2015
2114
2213
2312
2411
2510
2610
279
288
297
306
316

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 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 78% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1031978
2032176
3032275
4032473
5042769
6042967
7053263
8053560
9063757
10074053
11084349
120104545
130114741
140134938
150145234
160165331
171185328
181205326
191225423
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212265319
222285317
233305215
243325213
254355012
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27539469
28642448
29744427
30747406
31850385

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
712calm
812light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:066:14
212.16:056:14
312.16:056:14
412.16:056:14
512.16:056:14
612.26:056:14
712.26:056:14
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.7Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mandera?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mandera. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mandera in May

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

In May, Mandera sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mandera 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 Mandera peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 14Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Mandera 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 Mandera is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1716 µg/m³Apr 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mandera?

Mandera sits at 3.9°N, 41.9°E, 217 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Beled Hawo, 3.0 km away.

RamuDhamasLafeyEl WakBaardheereTakaba

Topography around Mandera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 828 m.

The land around Mandera is covered by shrubs (35%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (53%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (65%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
828 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Beled Hawo 3.0 km · Ramu 70 km · Luuq 78 km · Dhamas 105 km · Lafey 115 km · El Wak 162 km · Baardheere 183 km · Takaba 193 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 Mandera (3.9373°, 41.8569°, elevation 217 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).