Narok weather in May

In May, Narok sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 74 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-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 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Narok's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Narok's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 74 mm; 12.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Narok is city 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 22°C through the month.

A typical May day in Narok reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°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.

	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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Narok weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	140	11.2	12.1	6.7
Feb	25° / 13°	85	7.9	12	6.9
Mar	25° / 13°	150	11.9	12	6.5
Apr	23° / 14°	131	15.5	12	5.7
May	22° / 13°	74	12.8	12	6.2
Jun	21° / 12°	35	8.7	11.9	6.5
Jul	21° / 12°	15	4	11.9	7.0
Aug	22° / 12°	24	5.6	12	7.0
Sep	23° / 12°	28	5.6	12	7.4
Oct	24° / 13°	40	6.9	12	7.3
Nov	23° / 13°	126	14.8	12	5.9
Dec	24° / 12°	143	12.5	12.1	6.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	27	28	28	29	30	31	33	34	35	37	38	41	41	43	44	45	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	52	53	53	53	53	52
Cloudier (%)	73	72	72	71	70	69	67	66	65	63	62	59	59	57	56	55	53	52	51	50	49	49	48	48	47	48	47	47	47	47	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Narok gets around 74 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 54% 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 (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	52	51	50	49	47	45	43	42	40	38	37	35	34	33	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	53
8	52
9	51
10	50
11	49
12	47
13	45
14	43
15	42
16	40
17	38
18	37
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	30

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 53% 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 (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	33	34	36	38	40	42	44	47	49	51	53	56	58	60	62	64	65	66	67	68	69	69
Comfortable (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	68	67	66	64	62	60	58	56	53	51	49	47	44	42	40	38	36	35	34	33	32	31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	44	56
17	47	53
18	49	51
19	51	49
20	53	47
21	56	44
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
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31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:32 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	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)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	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	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:35	6:33
2	12.0	6:35	6:32
3	12.0	6:35	6:32
4	12.0	6:35	6:32
5	12.0	6:34	6:32
6	12.0	6:34	6:32
7	12.0	6:34	6:32
8	12.0	6:34	6:32
9	12.0	6:34	6:32
10	12.0	6:34	6:32
11	12.0	6:34	6:31
12	12.0	6:34	6:31
13	12.0	6:34	6:31
14	12.0	6:34	6:31
15	12.0	6:34	6:31
16	12.0	6:34	6:31
17	12.0	6:34	6:31
18	11.9	6:34	6:31
19	11.9	6:34	6:31
20	11.9	6:34	6:31
21	11.9	6:34	6:31
22	11.9	6:35	6:31
23	11.9	6:35	6:31
24	11.9	6:35	6:32
25	11.9	6:35	6:32
26	11.9	6:35	6:32
27	11.9	6:35	6:32
28	11.9	6:35	6:32
29	11.9	6:35	6:32
30	11.9	6:35	6:32
31	11.9	6:36	6:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.55 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)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
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20	5.6	Bright
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28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Narok

In seasonPeak

In May, Narok sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Narok's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Narok?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Narok for sightseeing.

What to pack for Narok in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Narok 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 Narok peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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)	16	16	17	16	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	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	16	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 Narok 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 Narok is worst in June — around 47 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)	43	41	42	39	40	47	45	39	37	36	42	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	47	Poor
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Narok?

Narok sits at 1.1°S, 35.9°E, 1,881 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Naivasha, 75 km away.

Topography around Narok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Narok has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 1,916 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 555 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,426 m.

The land around Narok is covered by grassland (39%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (24%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

179 m

grassland 39%

16 km

555 m

grassland 48%

80 km

2,426 m

grassland 42%

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

May weather nearby: Naivasha 75 km · Maai Mahiu 80 km · Mai 80 km · Gilgil 81 km · Njoro 84 km · Limuru 86 km · Elburgon 87 km · Nakuru 89 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 Narok (-1.0808°, 35.8711°, elevation 1,881 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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	22	14
8	22	14
9	22	14
10	22	14
11	22	14
12	22	14
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	13
26	22	13
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	53
8	52
9	51
10	50
11	49
12	47
13	45
14	43
15	42
16	40
17	38
18	37
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	44	56
17	47	53
18	49	51
19	51	49
20	53	47
21	56	44
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	53
8	52
9	51
10	50
11	49
12	47
13	45
14	43
15	42
16	40
17	38
18	37
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	44	56
17	47	53
18	49	51
19	51	49
20	53	47
21	56	44
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	30	70
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	43	57
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	53
8	52
9	51
10	50
11	49
12	47
13	45
14	43
15	42
16	40
17	38
18	37
19	35
20	34
21	33
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	36	64
13	38	62
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	44	56
17	47	53
18	49	51
19	51	49
20	53	47
21	56	44
22	58	42
23	60	40
24	62	38
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	69	31
31	69	31