Kotido weather in May

In May, Kotido sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 86 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Kotido's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kotido's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
86 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:36 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
59%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kotido is place in 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kotido reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Kotido

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.

Kotido weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°81.911.85.2
Feb32° / 20°101.811.94.5
Mar32° / 20°386.7124.3
Apr31° / 20°761212.14.4
May29° / 19°8614.212.14.8
Jun29° / 18°10615.412.25.1
Jul27° / 18°12318.412.25.3
Aug28° / 18°10116.312.15.4
Sep30° / 19°446.8125.7
Oct30° / 19°468.711.95.2
Nov30° / 19°276.111.95.6
Dec30° / 19°133.211.85.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33664
43664
53862
63961
74060
84159
94258
104555
114555
124753
134951
144951
155149
165248
175347
185545
195644
205743
215941
226040
236139
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276337
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316238

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kotido gets around 86 mm of rain over 14.2 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 46% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
155
256
356
457
557
656
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1053
1152
1250
1349
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1546
1645
1743
1842
1941
2040
2138
2237
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2436
2536
2636
2736
2836
2937
3038
3139

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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15185225
25175226
35165227
45165128
55155228
64155328
75155228
85155228
95155327
105155327
115165326
126165325
136175324
147175323
158185222
169185221
179195319
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1911205316
2011215315
2112225214
2213225312
2313235311
2414235310
251523539
261524529
271524538
281624528
291624537
301624537
311624537

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
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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 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 6:38 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:386:44
212.16:376:44
312.16:376:44
412.16:376:44
512.16:376:44
612.16:376:44
712.16:376:44
812.16:366:44
912.16:366:44
1012.16:366:44
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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 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kotido

In seasonPeak

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

Kotido's rainy season runs April–August, 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 Kotido?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kotido for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kotido in May

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

In May, Kotido sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kotido 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 Kotido peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 16Jun 19UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kotido 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 Kotido is worst in December — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateDec 2117 µg/m³Apr 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May9Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov13Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kotido?

Kotido sits at 3.0°N, 34.1°E, 1,227 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Abim, 59 km away.

AbimMorotoKakumaKitgumSorotiLiraDokolo

Topography around Kotido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotido has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 1,229 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,641 m.

The land around Kotido is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (45%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and shrubs (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
536 m
80 km
1,641 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Abim 59 km · Moroto 77 km · Kakuma 114 km · Kitgum 142 km · Soroti 152 km · Lira 159 km · Dokolo 160 km · Lodwar 163 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 Kotido (2.9806°, 34.1331°, elevation 1,227 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).