Kasese weather in May

In May, Kasese sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 379 mm of rain across 25.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Kasese's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasese's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 379 mm; 25.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:56 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kasese is town in 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 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kasese reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°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)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Kasese weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 15°	450	25.8	12	4.4
Feb	25° / 16°	345	22	12	4.5
Mar	24° / 16°	480	27.6	12	4.0
Apr	24° / 16°	449	26.5	12	4.0
May	24° / 16°	379	25.1	12	4.5
Jun	24° / 15°	206	16.2	12	5.7
Jul	24° / 15°	113	12.3	12	6.4
Aug	24° / 15°	200	18.8	12	5.4
Sep	24° / 15°	249	21.3	12	4.9
Oct	24° / 15°	360	26.6	12	4.2
Nov	23° / 15°	536	28.3	12	3.7
Dec	23° / 15°	609	28.9	12	3.9

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 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	14	15	17	18	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	27	27	28	29	30	30	30	30	31	31
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	90	90	90	89	88	88	86	85	83	82	80	79	78	77	76	75	75	73	73	72	71	70	70	70	70	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kasese gets around 379 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 80% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	91	91	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	83	81	80	78	77	75	74	73	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
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	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

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 74% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Comfortable (%)	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	69	70	71	73	74	74	76	77	77	79	79	80	80	80	81	80	80	80	79	78	77	76
Humid (%)	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	23	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	65	33
3	2	65	33
4	2	65	33
5	2	66	32
6	2	66	32
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	68	30
10	2	69	29
11	2	70	28
12	2	71	27
13	2	73	25
14	2	74	24
15	3	74	23
16	3	76	21
17	3	77	20
18	4	77	19
19	4	79	17
20	5	79	16
21	5	80	15
22	6	80	14
23	7	80	13
24	8	81	11
25	9	80	11
26	10	80	10
27	11	80	9
28	12	79	9
29	13	78	9
30	14	77	9
31	15	76	9

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 6:57 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:57 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)	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:57	6:57
2	12.0	6:57	6:57
3	12.0	6:56	6:57
4	12.0	6:56	6:57
5	12.0	6:56	6:57
6	12.0	6:56	6:57
7	12.0	6:56	6:56
8	12.0	6:56	6:56
9	12.0	6:56	6:56
10	12.0	6:56	6:56
11	12.0	6:56	6:56
12	12.0	6:56	6:56
13	12.0	6:56	6:56
14	12.0	6:56	6:56
15	12.0	6:56	6:56
16	12.0	6:56	6:56
17	12.0	6:56	6:56
18	12.0	6:56	6:56
19	12.0	6:56	6:56
20	12.0	6:56	6:56
21	12.0	6:56	6:56
22	12.0	6:56	6:56
23	12.0	6:56	6:56
24	12.0	6:56	6:57
25	12.0	6:56	6:57
26	12.0	6:56	6:57
27	12.0	6:56	6:57
28	12.0	6:56	6:57
29	12.0	6:57	6:57
30	12.0	6:57	6:57
31	12.0	6:57	6:57

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.22 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kasese?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kasese for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kasese in May

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

In May, Kasese sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kasese 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 Kasese peaks around March 17 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.

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

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

Air quality in Kasese 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 Kasese is worst in February — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 35 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)	59	61	43	35	36	45	56	42	36	35	37	46
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	59	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kasese?

Kasese sits at 0.2°N, 30.1°E, 989 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kisinga, 27 km away.

Topography around Kasese

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasese has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m around an average of 1,010 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,206 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,344 m.

The land around Kasese is covered by grassland (36%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

303 m

grassland 36%

16 km

2,206 m

trees 49%

80 km

4,344 m

trees 56%

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

May weather nearby: Kisinga 27 km · Rwiimi 27 km · Kamwenge 41 km · Mpondwe 43 km · Buhesi 46 km · Kasozi 50 km · Nyahuka 56 km · Fort Portal 57 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 Kasese (0.1833°, 30.0833°, elevation 989 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	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	23	16
6	23	16
7	23	16
8	23	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
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	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	65	33
3	2	65	33
4	2	65	33
5	2	66	32
6	2	66	32
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	68	30
10	2	69	29
11	2	70	28
12	2	71	27
13	2	73	25
14	2	74	24
15	3	74	23
16	3	76	21
17	3	77	20
18	4	77	19
19	4	79	17
20	5	79	16
21	5	80	15
22	6	80	14
23	7	80	13
24	8	81	11
25	9	80	11
26	10	80	10
27	11	80	9
28	12	79	9
29	13	78	9
30	14	77	9
31	15	76	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
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	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	65	33
3	2	65	33
4	2	65	33
5	2	66	32
6	2	66	32
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	68	30
10	2	69	29
11	2	70	28
12	2	71	27
13	2	73	25
14	2	74	24
15	3	74	23
16	3	76	21
17	3	77	20
18	4	77	19
19	4	79	17
20	5	79	16
21	5	80	15
22	6	80	14
23	7	80	13
24	8	81	11
25	9	80	11
26	10	80	10
27	11	80	9
28	12	79	9
29	13	78	9
30	14	77	9
31	15	76	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	11	89
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	14	86
12	15	85
13	17	83
14	18	82
15	20	80
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	28	72
25	29	71
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	31	69
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	91
6	91
7	91
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	71
24	70
25	69
26	68
27	67
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	65	33
3	2	65	33
4	2	65	33
5	2	66	32
6	2	66	32
7	2	67	31
8	2	67	31
9	2	68	30
10	2	69	29
11	2	70	28
12	2	71	27
13	2	73	25
14	2	74	24
15	3	74	23
16	3	76	21
17	3	77	20
18	4	77	19
19	4	79	17
20	5	79	16
21	5	80	15
22	6	80	14
23	7	80	13
24	8	81	11
25	9	80	11
26	10	80	10
27	11	80	9
28	12	79	9
29	13	78	9
30	14	77	9
31	15	76	9