Katoke weather in May

In May, Katoke sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 121 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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 13% 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 Katoke's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katoke's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 121 mm; 22 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:52 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

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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 Katoke reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	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	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
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

Katoke weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-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	28° / 17°	34	7.8	12	6.4
Feb	29° / 18°	38	7.9	12	5.5
Mar	28° / 18°	97	17.7	12	4.8
Apr	27° / 18°	142	23.7	12	4.2
May	27° / 18°	121	22	12	4.7
Jun	27° / 17°	82	14.5	12	5.6
Jul	27° / 17°	75	14.4	12	5.8
Aug	26° / 17°	130	20.8	12	4.9
Sep	26° / 17°	139	24.2	12	4.3
Oct	26° / 17°	167	28.1	12	3.8
Nov	25° / 17°	157	26	12	4.1
Dec	26° / 17°	71	14	12	5.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%. 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 (%)	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	23	23	25	26	27	29	30	31	32	33	34	36	37	37	37	39	40	40	40	39	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	82	81	80	80	79	77	77	75	74	73	71	70	69	68	67	66	64	63	63	63	61	60	60	60	61	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	21	79
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Katoke gets around 121 mm of rain over 22 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 70% and peaks near 83% 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 (%)	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	80	79	78	76	75	74	72	71	69	68	66	65	64	62	61	60	59	58	57	57	56	55	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	79
11	78
12	76
13	75
14	74
15	72
16	71
17	69
18	68
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	62
23	61
24	60
25	59
26	58
27	57
28	57
29	56
30	55
31	55

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Humid (%)	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	66	68	69	71	72	73	75	76	78	79	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	80
Muggy (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	33	31	30	28	26	25	23	21	19	17	16	14	13	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	7

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	63	36
2	1	63	36
3	1	63	36
4	1	63	36
5	1	63	36
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	64	35
9	1	64	35
10	1	65	34
11	1	66	33
12	1	68	31
13	1	69	30
14	1	71	28
15	2	72	26
16	2	73	25
17	2	75	23
18	3	76	21
19	3	78	19
20	4	79	17
21	4	80	16
22	5	81	14
23	5	82	13
24	6	83	11
25	7	83	10
26	8	83	9
27	9	83	8
28	10	82	8
29	11	82	7
30	12	81	7
31	13	80	7

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)	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	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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18	7	calm
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28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 6:54 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:55 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)	12.0	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)	6:54	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	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:54	6:55
2	12.0	6:54	6:55
3	12.0	6:53	6:55
4	12.0	6:53	6:55
5	12.0	6:53	6:55
6	12.0	6:53	6:55
7	12.0	6:53	6:55
8	12.0	6:53	6:55
9	12.0	6:53	6:55
10	12.0	6:53	6:55
11	12.0	6:53	6:55
12	12.0	6:53	6:55
13	12.0	6:53	6:55
14	12.0	6:53	6:55
15	12.0	6:52	6:55
16	12.0	6:52	6:55
17	12.0	6:52	6:55
18	12.0	6:52	6:55
19	12.0	6:53	6:55
20	12.0	6:53	6:55
21	12.0	6:53	6:55
22	12.0	6:53	6:55
23	12.0	6:53	6:55
24	12.0	6:53	6:55
25	12.0	6:53	6:55
26	12.0	6:53	6:55
27	12.0	6:53	6:55
28	12.0	6:53	6:55
29	12.0	6:53	6:56
30	12.0	6:53	6:56
31	12.0	6:53	6:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.28 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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Katoke?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Katoke for sightseeing.

What to pack for Katoke in May

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

In May, Katoke sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Katoke 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 Katoke peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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)	12	14	15	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Katoke 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 Katoke is worst in January — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (April, 20 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)	48	48	28	20	20	27	31	27	25	22	25	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Katoke?

Katoke sits at 0.8°N, 30.7°E, 1,349 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kyenjojo, 16 km away.

Topography around Katoke

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katoke has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 1,366 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 498 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,212 m.

The land around Katoke is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

255 m

trees 66%

16 km

498 m

trees 64%

80 km

3,212 m

trees 51%

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

May weather nearby: Kyenjojo 16 km · Kyarusozi 17 km · Muhorro 19 km · Kagadi 24 km · Butunduzi 30 km · Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 46 km · Fort Portal 47 km · Kyegegwa 49 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 Katoke (0.7583°, 30.6825°, elevation 1,349 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	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	21	79
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	79
11	78
12	76
13	75
14	74
15	72
16	71
17	69
18	68
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	62
23	61
24	60
25	59
26	58
27	57
28	57
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	63	36
2	1	63	36
3	1	63	36
4	1	63	36
5	1	63	36
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	64	35
9	1	64	35
10	1	65	34
11	1	66	33
12	1	68	31
13	1	69	30
14	1	71	28
15	2	72	26
16	2	73	25
17	2	75	23
18	3	76	21
19	3	78	19
20	4	79	17
21	4	80	16
22	5	81	14
23	5	82	13
24	6	83	11
25	7	83	10
26	8	83	9
27	9	83	8
28	10	82	8
29	11	82	7
30	12	81	7
31	13	80	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	21	79
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	79
11	78
12	76
13	75
14	74
15	72
16	71
17	69
18	68
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	62
23	61
24	60
25	59
26	58
27	57
28	57
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	63	36
2	1	63	36
3	1	63	36
4	1	63	36
5	1	63	36
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	64	35
9	1	64	35
10	1	65	34
11	1	66	33
12	1	68	31
13	1	69	30
14	1	71	28
15	2	72	26
16	2	73	25
17	2	75	23
18	3	76	21
19	3	78	19
20	4	79	17
21	4	80	16
22	5	81	14
23	5	82	13
24	6	83	11
25	7	83	10
26	8	83	9
27	9	83	8
28	10	82	8
29	11	82	7
30	12	81	7
31	13	80	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
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	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	18	82
5	19	81
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	21	79
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	25	75
12	26	74
13	27	73
14	29	71
15	30	70
16	31	69
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	39	61
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	82
7	81
8	81
9	80
10	79
11	78
12	76
13	75
14	74
15	72
16	71
17	69
18	68
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	62
23	61
24	60
25	59
26	58
27	57
28	57
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	63	36
2	1	63	36
3	1	63	36
4	1	63	36
5	1	63	36
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	64	35
9	1	64	35
10	1	65	34
11	1	66	33
12	1	68	31
13	1	69	30
14	1	71	28
15	2	72	26
16	2	73	25
17	2	75	23
18	3	76	21
19	3	78	19
20	4	79	17
21	4	80	16
22	5	81	14
23	5	82	13
24	6	83	11
25	7	83	10
26	8	83	9
27	9	83	8
28	10	82	8
29	11	82	7
30	12	81	7
31	13	80	7