Koboko weather in May

In May, Koboko sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 105 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-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 19% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Koboko's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koboko's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
105 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:48 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
68%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Koboko is place in Northern Region, 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 Koboko 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Koboko

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.

Koboko weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°142.411.85.2
Feb32° / 21°213.711.94.4
Mar31° / 21°7511.6124.1
Apr29° / 20°12116.912.14.3
May28° / 20°10515.312.25.1
Jun28° / 19°12716.612.25.3
Jul27° / 19°17420.312.25.0
Aug27° / 18°2122412.14.4
Sep27° / 19°18022.1124.6
Oct27° / 19°18522.511.94.5
Nov28° / 19°10915.911.85.2
Dec29° / 20°254.611.85.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22674
32674
42674
52773
62971
72971
82971
93070
103169
113367
123367
133565
143664
153664
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174060
184060
194159
204159
214258
224357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Koboko gets around 105 mm of rain over 15.3 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 50% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
157
258
358
458
558
658
757
857
956
1055
1154
1253
1351
1450
1548
1647
1746
1845
1944
2043
2142
2242
2342
2442
2542
2643
2744
2845
2946
3047
3148

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
101981
201981
301882
401882
501882
601783
701783
801783
901783
1001783
1101882
1201882
1301981
1402080
1502179
1602377
1702476
1802575
1902773
2002971
2103070
2203268
2303367
2403565
2503763
2603862
2714059
2804159
2904258
3004456
3104555

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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317calm

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 6:50 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:506:57
212.16:506:57
312.16:496:57
412.16:496:57
512.16:496:57
612.16:496:57
712.16:496:57
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912.16:486:57
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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 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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215.6Bright
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255.6Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Koboko

In seasonPeak

In May, Koboko sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Koboko's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Koboko?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Koboko for sightseeing.

What to pack for Koboko in May

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

In May, Koboko sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Koboko 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 Koboko peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Koboko 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 Koboko is worst in January — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.6× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorJan 1795 µg/m³Oct 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb55Poor
Mar27Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Koboko?

Koboko sits at 3.4°N, 31.0°E, 1,234 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Yumbe, 32 km away.

AruaAruYeiMoyoAdjumaniNebbiPaidha

Topography around Koboko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koboko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 1,218 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 435 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Koboko is covered by shrubs (46%) within 3 km, shrubs (65%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%), grassland (24%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
435 m
80 km
953 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Yumbe 32 km · Arua 44 km · Aru 63 km · Yei 82 km · Moyo 89 km · Adjumani 92 km · Nebbi 105 km · Paidha 111 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 Koboko (3.4136°, 30.9599°, elevation 1,234 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).