Apac weather in May

In May, Apac sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 142 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Apac's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Apac's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
142 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:43 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
68%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Apac is place in Northern Uganda, Uganda.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Apac reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Apac

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Apac 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°275.411.94.9
Feb32° / 21°306.611.94.1
Mar31° / 21°10414.6123.9
Apr29° / 21°16822.5123.8
May28° / 20°14222.812.14.4
Jun28° / 20°9718.112.15.1
Jul27° / 19°9518.112.15.2
Aug28° / 19°13121.512.14.8
Sep28° / 19°12319.6124.5
Oct28° / 20°16121.8124.2
Nov28° / 20°12717.611.94.6
Dec30° / 20°477.911.95.4

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22377
32476
42575
52575
62674
72872
82872
92971
103169
113268
123466
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Apac gets around 142 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
282
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481
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681
781
880
979
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1178
1277
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1475
1574
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1772
1872
1971
2070
2169
2268
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2566
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2765
2865
2965
3065
3164

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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20991
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262971
272980
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303970
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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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 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:456:49
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412.16:446:49
512.16:446:49
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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 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Apac?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Apac for sightseeing.

What to pack for Apac in May

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

In May, Apac sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Apac 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 Apac peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 20UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Apac 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 Apac is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateJan 1852 µg/m³Apr 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb39Poor
Mar21Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Apac?

Apac sits at 2.0°N, 32.5°E, 1,038 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kiryandongo Refugee Camp, 42 km away.

Kiryandongo Refugee CampBuyaleLiraKigumbaOpitDokoloGuluAnaka

Topography around Apac

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Apac has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 1,049 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 528 m.

The land around Apac is covered by shrubs (38%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
528 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 42 km · Buyale 47 km · Lira 50 km · Kigumba 62 km · Opit 71 km · Dokolo 72 km · Gulu 93 km · Anaka 96 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
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 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 Apac (1.9756°, 32.5386°, elevation 1,038 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).