Masindi weather in May

In May, Masindi sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 136 mm of rain across 23.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 14% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Masindi's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masindi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
136 mm
23.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:47 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
70%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Masindi 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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Masindi reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°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 on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Masindi

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.

Masindi weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°31611.94.9
Feb32° / 20°336.811.94.1
Mar31° / 21°11215.7123.9
Apr29° / 20°17123.1123.8
May28° / 19°13623.112.14.3
Jun28° / 19°9617.912.15.1
Jul28° / 18°9217.812.15.2
Aug28° / 18°13323.112.14.5
Sep28° / 19°14524.1124.2
Oct28° / 19°19326.3123.9
Nov28° / 19°15320.811.94.4
Dec29° / 19°589.911.95.3

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 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32179
42179
52278
62377
72476
82575
92575
102773
112872
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143169
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Masindi gets around 136 mm of rain over 23.1 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 74% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
184
284
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484
584
684
784
883
983
1082
1181
1280
1379
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1575
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1970
2068
2167
2266
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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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 90% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5496
6496
7496
8496
9496
10595
11595
12595
13694
14694
15793
16892
17991
181090
191090
201189
211288
221387
231486
241585
251783
261882
271981
282080
292179
302278
312377

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
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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 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:496:52
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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 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.23 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.2Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Masindi?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Masindi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Masindi in May

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

In May, Masindi sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Masindi 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 Masindi peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Masindi 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 Masindi is worst in January — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateJan 2346 µg/m³Apr 2216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar24Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Masindi?

Masindi sits at 1.7°N, 31.7°E, 1,140 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kigumba, 36 km away.

KigumbaHoimaBuyaleBuhimbaKiryandongo Refugee CampButembaKikubeLwakyomba

Topography around Masindi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masindi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m around an average of 1,147 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 369 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 881 m.

The land around Masindi is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
228 m
16 km
369 m
80 km
881 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kigumba 36 km · Hoima 48 km · Buyale 53 km · Buhimba 58 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 58 km · Butemba 58 km · Kikube 65 km · Lwakyomba 71 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 Masindi (1.6744°, 31.715°, elevation 1,140 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).