Adjumani weather in May

In May, Adjumani sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 128 mm of rain across 19.2 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Adjumani's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adjumani's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 128 mm; 19.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:44 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Adjumani is place in Northern Region of Uganda, Uganda.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Adjumani reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Adjumani

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Adjumani 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 23°	8	1.8	11.8	4.4
Feb	34° / 24°	10	2.8	11.9	3.7
Mar	33° / 24°	58	9.4	12	3.3
Apr	31° / 23°	138	18.3	12.1	3.4
May	30° / 23°	128	19.2	12.2	3.9
Jun	29° / 22°	97	17.4	12.2	4.4
Jul	29° / 21°	124	20.8	12.2	4.3
Aug	29° / 21°	148	23.2	12.1	4.0
Sep	29° / 22°	123	18.5	12	4.2
Oct	30° / 22°	164	20.5	11.9	3.9
Nov	30° / 22°	108	14.6	11.8	4.2
Dec	32° / 23°	22	4.2	11.8	4.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 58%. 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	27	28	28	31	31	32	32	35	35	37	38	39	40	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	54
Cloudier (%)	73	73	72	72	69	69	68	68	65	65	63	62	61	60	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	49	48	47	47	47	47	47	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Adjumani gets around 128 mm of rain over 19.2 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 62% and peaks near 68% 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 (%)	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	67
11	67
12	66
13	65
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	61
18	60
19	59
20	58
21	57
22	56
23	56
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	56

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	33	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	53	54	56	57
Oppressive (%)	62	63	64	65	66	67	67	67	68	68	67	67	66	65	64	63	61	60	59	57	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	47	46	44	43

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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31	4	calm

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 6:47 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:56 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:47	6:54
2	12.1	6:46	6:53
3	12.1	6:46	6:53
4	12.1	6:46	6:53
5	12.1	6:46	6:53
6	12.1	6:46	6:53
7	12.1	6:45	6:53
8	12.1	6:45	6:53
9	12.1	6:45	6:53
10	12.1	6:45	6:53
11	12.1	6:45	6:53
12	12.1	6:45	6:53
13	12.1	6:45	6:53
14	12.1	6:45	6:54
15	12.2	6:45	6:54
16	12.2	6:44	6:54
17	12.2	6:44	6:54
18	12.2	6:44	6:54
19	12.2	6:44	6:54
20	12.2	6:44	6:54
21	12.2	6:44	6:54
22	12.2	6:44	6:54
23	12.2	6:44	6:54
24	12.2	6:44	6:55
25	12.2	6:44	6:55
26	12.2	6:44	6:55
27	12.2	6:45	6:55
28	12.2	6:45	6:55
29	12.2	6:45	6:55
30	12.2	6:45	6:55
31	12.2	6:45	6:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.64 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	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
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15	5.7	Bright
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17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Adjumani?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Adjumani.

What to pack for Adjumani in May

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

In May, Adjumani sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Adjumani 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 Adjumani peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

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)	11	14	15	14	12	10	10	12	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Adjumani 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 Adjumani is worst in January — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (April, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	107	43	21	14	14	22	23	19	16	15	24	81
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	107	Unhealthy
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	81	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Adjumani?

Adjumani sits at 3.4°N, 31.8°E, 816 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Moyo, 32 km away.

Topography around Adjumani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adjumani has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 799 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,019 m.

The land around Adjumani is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

grassland 50%

16 km

287 m

grassland 68%

80 km

1,019 m

grassland 54%

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

May weather nearby: Moyo 32 km · Yumbe 61 km · Gulu 88 km · Anaka 88 km · Koboko 92 km · Pajok 94 km · Arua 105 km · Pakwach 107 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,206; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 18%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 29.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 518
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 Adjumani (3.3779°, 31.7909°, elevation 816 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	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	67
11	67
12	66
13	65
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	61
18	60
19	59
20	58
21	57
22	56
23	56
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	67
11	67
12	66
13	65
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	61
18	60
19	59
20	58
21	57
22	56
23	56
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	51	49
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	67
11	67
12	66
13	65
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	61
18	60
19	59
20	58
21	57
22	56
23	56
24	55
25	55
26	55
27	55
28	55
29	55
30	55
31	56

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	38	62
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	34	66
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	43	57
21	44	56
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	56	44
31	57	43