Kyenjojo weather in May

In May, Kyenjojo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 151 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 12% 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 Kyenjojo's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyenjojo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
17°
10th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:53 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
72%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Kyenjojo is place in Western Region of Uganda, 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 Kyenjojo 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 28°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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Kyenjojo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 16°478.6126.6
Feb28° / 17°498.6126.2
Mar27° / 17°13719124.9
Apr26° / 17°19425.6124.0
May26° / 17°15122.8124.6
Jun26° / 16°10315.4125.6
Jul26° / 16°9715.2125.8
Aug25° / 16°16321.9124.8
Sep25° / 16°19125.9124.2
Oct25° / 16°24828.6123.8
Nov25° / 16°23927124.0
Dec25° / 16°10915.4125.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 71%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21783
31783
41783
51882
61981
72080
82080
92278
102377
112476
122674
132773
142872
152971
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193466
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213763
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233763
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303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kyenjojo gets around 151 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
189
289
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488
588
687
786
885
984
1083
1181
1280
1378
1477
1575
1673
1771
1870
1968
2067
2165
2264
2363
2462
2561
2660
2759
2859
2958
3058
3157

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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 21% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
106436
206535
306535
406634
506634
606733
706832
806931
907030
1007129
1107228
1217227
1317326
1417524
1517623
1617821
1727820
1828018
1928216
2038215
2138314
2238413
2348412
2458411
2558510
266859
277849
288839
299838
309838
3110828

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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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 6:54 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:546:55
212.06:546:55
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512.06:546:55
612.06:536:55
712.06:536:55
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2712.06:536:55
2812.06:546:56
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3012.06:546:56
3112.06:546:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.4Bright
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315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kyenjojo?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kyenjojo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kyenjojo in May

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

In May, Kyenjojo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kyenjojo 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 Kyenjojo 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kyenjojo 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 Kyenjojo 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateJan 2348 µg/m³Apr 2320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar28Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kyenjojo?

Kyenjojo sits at 0.6°N, 30.6°E, 1,334 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Katoke, 16 km away.

Fort PortalKagadiBuhesi

Topography around Kyenjojo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyenjojo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 1,352 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,742 m.

The land around Kyenjojo is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
460 m
80 km
3,742 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Katoke 16 km · Kyarusozi 20 km · Butunduzi 27 km · Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 32 km · Muhorro 35 km · Fort Portal 39 km · Kagadi 40 km · Buhesi 46 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 Kyenjojo (0.6328°, 30.6214°, elevation 1,334 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).