Mpondwe weather in May

In May, Mpondwe sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 373 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Mpondwe's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpondwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
10th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
373 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:57 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
76%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Mpondwe 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 24°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mpondwe reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Mpondwe weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 19°60225.9124.3
Feb25° / 19°43422.4124.4
Mar25° / 19°54127.9124.0
Apr24° / 19°48126.7124.0
May24° / 19°37325.2124.5
Jun24° / 19°17216.6125.7
Jul25° / 19°8812.4126.5
Aug25° / 19°16719.3125.3
Sep25° / 19°23522.1124.7
Oct24° / 19°36626.7124.2
Nov24° / 18°59928.2123.8
Dec24° / 18°79829.1123.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2892
3892
4991
51090
61090
71189
81189
91387
101387
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mpondwe gets around 373 mm of rain over 25.2 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 80% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11963
21963
32953
42962
52962
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72962
82962
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2310900
2411890
2513870
2614860
2716840
2817830
2919810
3020800
3122780

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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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 6:58 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Mpondwe

In seasonPeak

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

Mpondwe's rainy season runs October–May, 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 Mpondwe?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mpondwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mpondwe in May

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

In May, Mpondwe sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mpondwe 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 Mpondwe 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
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Mpondwe 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 Mpondwe is worst in February — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorFeb 961 µg/m³Apr 2135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan59Unhealthy
Feb61Unhealthy
Mar43Poor
Apr35Moderate
May36Poor
Jun45Poor
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug42Poor
Sep36Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mpondwe?

Mpondwe sits at 0.0°N, 29.7°E, 1,095 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kisinga, 16 km away.

KaseseKatwaButemboBeniLuberoRwiimiKyamahungu

Topography around Mpondwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpondwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m around an average of 1,109 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,304 m.

The land around Mpondwe is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
234 m
16 km
1,814 m
80 km
4,304 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kisinga 16 km · Kasese 43 km · Katwa 47 km · Butembo 50 km · Beni 57 km · Lubero 58 km · Rwiimi 68 km · Kyamahungu 70 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 Mpondwe (0.0401°, 29.7248°, elevation 1,095 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).