Taveta weather in May

In May, Taveta sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 64 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-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 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Taveta's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taveta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:30 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Taveta is place in Taita-Taveta County, 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 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Taveta reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

How May really feels in Taveta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Taveta 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	31° / 20°	35	6.3	12.2	5.0
Feb	32° / 20°	31	5.6	12.1	4.5
Mar	32° / 21°	74	11.8	12	4.1
Apr	29° / 20°	94	17.7	11.9	4.3
May	27° / 19°	64	12.1	11.8	6.0
Jun	27° / 17°	9	2.5	11.8	7.2
Jul	26° / 16°	7	1.8	11.8	7.4
Aug	27° / 17°	7	1.7	11.9	7.3
Sep	29° / 17°	5	1.4	12	6.5
Oct	30° / 19°	26	5.1	12.1	5.5
Nov	30° / 20°	60	12	12.2	4.7
Dec	30° / 21°	53	11.5	12.2	4.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	37	36	35	34	35	34	34	34	33	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	63	64	65	66	65	66	66	66	67	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Taveta gets around 64 mm of rain over 12.1 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 38% and peaks near 56% 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 (%)	56	56	55	55	54	53	51	50	48	46	45	43	42	41	40	38	37	36	34	33	32	30	29	28	27	26	25	23	22	20	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	53
7	51
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	45
12	43
13	42
14	41
15	40
16	38
17	37
18	36
19	34
20	33
21	32
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	23
29	22
30	20
31	18

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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% 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
Dry (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	18	19	21	22	24	26	28	30	32
Humid (%)	41	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	55	56	59	60	62	63	64	65	65	66	67	66	66	67	66	65	64	64	63	61	60	59	57
Muggy (%)	58	56	54	53	50	49	47	45	42	40	37	35	32	30	28	26	25	23	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	1	41	58
2	0	1	43	56
3	0	1	45	54
4	0	1	46	53
5	0	2	48	50
6	0	2	49	49
7	0	2	51	47
8	0	3	52	45
9	0	3	55	42
10	0	4	56	40
11	0	4	59	37
12	0	5	60	35
13	0	6	62	32
14	0	7	63	30
15	0	8	64	28
16	0	9	65	26
17	0	10	65	25
18	0	11	66	23
19	0	12	67	21
20	0	14	66	20
21	0	15	66	19
22	0	16	67	17
23	0	18	66	16
24	1	19	65	15
25	1	21	64	14
26	1	22	64	13
27	1	24	63	12
28	2	26	61	11
29	2	28	60	10
30	2	30	59	9
31	3	32	57	8

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	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 48 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 6:30 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:21 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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:30	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	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:30	6:23
2	11.9	6:30	6:23
3	11.9	6:30	6:23
4	11.9	6:30	6:22
5	11.9	6:30	6:22
6	11.9	6:30	6:22
7	11.9	6:30	6:22
8	11.9	6:30	6:22
9	11.9	6:30	6:22
10	11.9	6:30	6:21
11	11.9	6:30	6:21
12	11.9	6:30	6:21
13	11.9	6:30	6:21
14	11.9	6:30	6:21
15	11.8	6:30	6:21
16	11.8	6:30	6:21
17	11.8	6:30	6:21
18	11.8	6:30	6:21
19	11.8	6:30	6:21
20	11.8	6:30	6:21
21	11.8	6:31	6:21
22	11.8	6:31	6:21
23	11.8	6:31	6:21
24	11.8	6:31	6:21
25	11.8	6:31	6:21
26	11.8	6:31	6:21
27	11.8	6:31	6:21
28	11.8	6:32	6:21
29	11.8	6:32	6:21
30	11.8	6:32	6:21
31	11.8	6:32	6:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.61 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Taveta?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Taveta for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Taveta in May

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

In May, Taveta sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Taveta 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 Taveta peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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	11	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	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Taveta?

Taveta sits at 3.4°S, 37.7°E, 753 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Usangi, 34 km away.

Topography around Taveta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taveta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 757 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 888 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,344 m.

The land around Taveta is covered by cropland (29%), trees (28%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

cropland 29%

16 km

888 m

grassland 31%

80 km

5,344 m

shrubs 39%

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

May weather nearby: Usangi 34 km · Moshi 39 km · Lembeni 43 km · Tarakea 46 km · Boma la Ngombe 60 km · Same 74 km · Kingori 79 km · Merelani 80 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 Taveta (-3.3988°, 37.6834°, elevation 753 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. 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	53
7	51
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	45
12	43
13	42
14	41
15	40
16	38
17	37
18	36
19	34
20	33
21	32
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	23
29	22
30	20
31	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	1	41	58
2	0	1	43	56
3	0	1	45	54
4	0	1	46	53
5	0	2	48	50
6	0	2	49	49
7	0	2	51	47
8	0	3	52	45
9	0	3	55	42
10	0	4	56	40
11	0	4	59	37
12	0	5	60	35
13	0	6	62	32
14	0	7	63	30
15	0	8	64	28
16	0	9	65	26
17	0	10	65	25
18	0	11	66	23
19	0	12	67	21
20	0	14	66	20
21	0	15	66	19
22	0	16	67	17
23	0	18	66	16
24	1	19	65	15
25	1	21	64	14
26	1	22	64	13
27	1	24	63	12
28	2	26	61	11
29	2	28	60	10
30	2	30	59	9
31	3	32	57	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	53
7	51
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	45
12	43
13	42
14	41
15	40
16	38
17	37
18	36
19	34
20	33
21	32
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	23
29	22
30	20
31	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	1	41	58
2	0	1	43	56
3	0	1	45	54
4	0	1	46	53
5	0	2	48	50
6	0	2	49	49
7	0	2	51	47
8	0	3	52	45
9	0	3	55	42
10	0	4	56	40
11	0	4	59	37
12	0	5	60	35
13	0	6	62	32
14	0	7	63	30
15	0	8	64	28
16	0	9	65	26
17	0	10	65	25
18	0	11	66	23
19	0	12	67	21
20	0	14	66	20
21	0	15	66	19
22	0	16	67	17
23	0	18	66	16
24	1	19	65	15
25	1	21	64	14
26	1	22	64	13
27	1	24	63	12
28	2	26	61	11
29	2	28	60	10
30	2	30	59	9
31	3	32	57	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	34	66
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	55
4	55
5	54
6	53
7	51
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	45
12	43
13	42
14	41
15	40
16	38
17	37
18	36
19	34
20	33
21	32
22	30
23	29
24	28
25	27
26	26
27	25
28	23
29	22
30	20
31	18

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	1	41	58
2	0	1	43	56
3	0	1	45	54
4	0	1	46	53
5	0	2	48	50
6	0	2	49	49
7	0	2	51	47
8	0	3	52	45
9	0	3	55	42
10	0	4	56	40
11	0	4	59	37
12	0	5	60	35
13	0	6	62	32
14	0	7	63	30
15	0	8	64	28
16	0	9	65	26
17	0	10	65	25
18	0	11	66	23
19	0	12	67	21
20	0	14	66	20
21	0	15	66	19
22	0	16	67	17
23	0	18	66	16
24	1	19	65	15
25	1	21	64	14
26	1	22	64	13
27	1	24	63	12
28	2	26	61	11
29	2	28	60	10
30	2	30	59	9
31	3	32	57	8