Oyugis weather in May

In May, Oyugis sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 258 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Oyugis's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oyugis's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 258 mm; 25.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:38 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Oyugis is human settlement.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Oyugis reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Oyugis weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	89	14.4	12	5.6
Feb	29° / 18°	67	11.3	12	5.1
Mar	29° / 18°	161	18.6	12	4.5
Apr	27° / 18°	328	26.9	12	3.8
May	27° / 17°	258	25.1	12	4.3
Jun	26° / 17°	117	20	12	5.0
Jul	26° / 16°	83	17.4	12	5.5
Aug	27° / 17°	114	19.3	12	5.2
Sep	27° / 17°	126	19	12	5.0
Oct	27° / 17°	218	24.5	12	4.2
Nov	27° / 17°	244	25.8	12	4.0
Dec	27° / 17°	138	20	12	5.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. 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 (%)	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	28	29	31	32	33	35	36	38	40	41	42	45	45	47	48	50	51	52	53	53	54	54	55
Cloudier (%)	81	80	80	79	78	77	76	75	72	71	69	68	67	65	64	62	60	59	58	55	55	53	52	50	49	48	47	47	46	46	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oyugis gets around 258 mm of rain over 25.1 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 81% and peaks near 94% 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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	83	81	80	78	77	75	74	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	92
7	92
8	91
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	86
14	84
15	83
16	81
17	80
18	78
19	77
20	75
21	74
22	73
23	72
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	69
31	70

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Humid (%)	84	84	84	84	85	85	84	85	84	85	84	84	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	81	80	79	80	80	79	80	80	80
Muggy (%)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	84	14
2	2	84	14
3	2	84	14
4	2	84	14
5	2	85	13
6	2	85	13
7	3	84	13
8	3	85	12
9	4	84	12
10	4	85	11
11	5	84	11
12	6	84	10
13	6	85	9
14	7	84	9
15	8	84	8
16	9	83	8
17	10	83	7
18	11	82	7
19	12	82	6
20	13	81	6
21	14	81	5
22	15	80	5
23	15	81	4
24	16	80	4
25	17	79	4
26	17	80	3
27	17	80	3
28	18	79	3
29	18	80	2
30	18	80	2
31	18	80	2

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	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	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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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 6:39 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:38 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	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:39	6:38
2	12.0	6:39	6:38
3	12.0	6:39	6:37
4	12.0	6:38	6:37
5	12.0	6:38	6:37
6	12.0	6:38	6:37
7	12.0	6:38	6:37
8	12.0	6:38	6:37
9	12.0	6:38	6:37
10	12.0	6:38	6:37
11	12.0	6:38	6:37
12	12.0	6:38	6:37
13	12.0	6:38	6:37
14	12.0	6:38	6:37
15	12.0	6:38	6:37
16	12.0	6:38	6:37
17	12.0	6:38	6:37
18	12.0	6:38	6:37
19	12.0	6:38	6:37
20	12.0	6:38	6:37
21	12.0	6:38	6:37
22	12.0	6:38	6:37
23	12.0	6:38	6:37
24	12.0	6:38	6:37
25	12.0	6:39	6:37
26	12.0	6:39	6:37
27	12.0	6:39	6:37
28	12.0	6:39	6:37
29	12.0	6:39	6:37
30	12.0	6:39	6:38
31	12.0	6:39	6:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.76 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
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	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
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17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
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24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oyugis?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Oyugis for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oyugis in May

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

In May, Oyugis sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

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UV index in Oyugis 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 Oyugis peaks around March 15 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	14	12	10	11	11	13	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Oyugis 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 Oyugis is worst in June — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	50	45	44	47	52	60	60	54	50	49	51	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	47	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	60	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	51	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Oyugis?

Oyugis sits at 0.5°S, 34.7°E, 1,421 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Kisii, 20 km away.

Topography around Oyugis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oyugis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 1,413 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,318 m.

The land around Oyugis is covered by shrubs (38%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

249 m

shrubs 38%

16 km

853 m

shrubs 44%

80 km

1,318 m

trees 32%

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

May weather nearby: Kisii 20 km · Nyamira 24 km · Thomas Magena home 29 km · Homa Bay 30 km · Rongo 31 km · Ogembo 32 km · Awendo 37 km · Kisumu 45 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 Oyugis (-0.5097°, 34.7307°, elevation 1,421 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	92
7	92
8	91
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	86
14	84
15	83
16	81
17	80
18	78
19	77
20	75
21	74
22	73
23	72
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	84	14
2	2	84	14
3	2	84	14
4	2	84	14
5	2	85	13
6	2	85	13
7	3	84	13
8	3	85	12
9	4	84	12
10	4	85	11
11	5	84	11
12	6	84	10
13	6	85	9
14	7	84	9
15	8	84	8
16	9	83	8
17	10	83	7
18	11	82	7
19	12	82	6
20	13	81	6
21	14	81	5
22	15	80	5
23	15	81	4
24	16	80	4
25	17	79	4
26	17	80	3
27	17	80	3
28	18	79	3
29	18	80	2
30	18	80	2
31	18	80	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	92
7	92
8	91
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	86
14	84
15	83
16	81
17	80
18	78
19	77
20	75
21	74
22	73
23	72
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	84	14
2	2	84	14
3	2	84	14
4	2	84	14
5	2	85	13
6	2	85	13
7	3	84	13
8	3	85	12
9	4	84	12
10	4	85	11
11	5	84	11
12	6	84	10
13	6	85	9
14	7	84	9
15	8	84	8
16	9	83	8
17	10	83	7
18	11	82	7
19	12	82	6
20	13	81	6
21	14	81	5
22	15	80	5
23	15	81	4
24	16	80	4
25	17	79	4
26	17	80	3
27	17	80	3
28	18	79	3
29	18	80	2
30	18	80	2
31	18	80	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	28	72
10	29	71
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	94
2	94
3	94
4	93
5	93
6	92
7	92
8	91
9	90
10	89
11	88
12	87
13	86
14	84
15	83
16	81
17	80
18	78
19	77
20	75
21	74
22	73
23	72
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	69
28	69
29	69
30	69
31	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	84	14
2	2	84	14
3	2	84	14
4	2	84	14
5	2	85	13
6	2	85	13
7	3	84	13
8	3	85	12
9	4	84	12
10	4	85	11
11	5	84	11
12	6	84	10
13	6	85	9
14	7	84	9
15	8	84	8
16	9	83	8
17	10	83	7
18	11	82	7
19	12	82	6
20	13	81	6
21	14	81	5
22	15	80	5
23	15	81	4
24	16	80	4
25	17	79	4
26	17	80	3
27	17	80	3
28	18	79	3
29	18	80	2
30	18	80	2
31	18	80	2