Kyazanga weather in May

In May, Kyazanga sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 79 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Kyazanga's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyazanga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:51 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
73%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Kyazanga 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 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kyazanga reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Kyazanga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°6314.4125.6
Feb28° / 17°5512.8125.6
Mar27° / 17°9317.4125.1
Apr26° / 17°9920.7124.7
May26° / 17°7917.8125.4
Jun26° / 16°4010126.5
Jul26° / 16°235.7127.1
Aug26° / 16°6914.2125.9
Sep26° / 16°9620.7124.8
Oct26° / 17°13024.8124.3
Nov26° / 17°13724.3124.3
Dec26° / 17°9419125.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31585
41585
51783
61882
71882
81981
92179
102179
112377
122476
132674
142872
152971
163169
173367
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193565
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213862
223961
234060
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254159
264357
274357
284258
294357
304357
314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kyazanga gets around 79 mm of rain over 17.8 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 57% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
371
471
571
670
770
869
968
1066
1165
1263
1362
1460
1559
1657
1756
1854
1952
2051
2149
2248
2346
2445
2544
2643
2742
2841
2940
3040
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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
106535
206535
306535
406535
506535
606535
716534
816534
916633
1016732
1116831
1217029
1317128
1427226
1527424
1637423
1737621
1847719
1947818
2057916
2168014
2268113
2378112
2488111
2598110
2610819
2711818
2813798
2914797
3015787
3117767

Wind in May

Winds average 8 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
138calm
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318calm

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 6:52 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:526:51
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is May a good time to visit Kyazanga?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kyazanga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kyazanga in May

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

In May, Kyazanga sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kyazanga 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 Kyazanga peaks around March 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kyazanga 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 Kyazanga is worst in January — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1836 µg/m³Apr 2319 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb31Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kyazanga?

Kyazanga sits at 0.4°S, 31.4°E, 1,281 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Lwengo, 7.0 km away.

MasakaNakivale Refugee CampLukayaKazo

Topography around Kyazanga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyazanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m around an average of 1,303 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m.

The land around Kyazanga is covered by shrubs (39%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
231 m
16 km
292 m
80 km
620 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Lwengo 7.0 km · Lyantonde 22 km · Kasaali 34 km · Kalisizo 35 km · Masaka 43 km · Nakivale Refugee Camp 56 km · Lukaya 64 km · Kazo 72 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 Kyazanga (-0.3833°, 31.35°, elevation 1,281 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).