Opit weather in May

In May, Opit sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 173 mm of rain across 23.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-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 15% 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 Opit's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Opit's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 173 mm; 23.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:43 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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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 Opit reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

How May really feels in Opit

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Opit weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 20°	20	3.5	11.9	4.6
Feb	33° / 21°	21	4.4	11.9	3.9
Mar	32° / 21°	97	12.6	12	3.7
Apr	29° / 20°	193	21.7	12.1	3.7
May	28° / 20°	173	23.8	12.1	4.0
Jun	28° / 19°	116	19	12.1	4.9
Jul	27° / 18°	127	21	12.1	4.9
Aug	28° / 18°	161	22.6	12.1	4.6
Sep	28° / 19°	137	19	12	4.6
Oct	29° / 19°	168	19.7	11.9	4.4
Nov	29° / 19°	108	13.8	11.9	4.8
Dec	30° / 19°	34	5.7	11.9	5.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	23	23	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	31	31	33	34	36	38	38	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	77	77	77	76	75	74	73	72	71	69	69	67	66	64	62	62	60	59	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	49	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Opit gets around 173 mm of rain over 23.8 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 76% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	69	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	82
9	82
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	79
14	78
15	77
16	76
17	75
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	71
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	69
30	69
31	69

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8
Muggy (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in May

Winds average 6 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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18	6	calm
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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 6:45 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:52 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:45	6:50
2	12.1	6:44	6:50
3	12.1	6:44	6:50
4	12.1	6:44	6:50
5	12.1	6:44	6:50
6	12.1	6:44	6:50
7	12.1	6:44	6:50
8	12.1	6:43	6:50
9	12.1	6:43	6:50
10	12.1	6:43	6:50
11	12.1	6:43	6:50
12	12.1	6:43	6:50
13	12.1	6:43	6:50
14	12.1	6:43	6:50
15	12.1	6:43	6:50
16	12.1	6:43	6:50
17	12.1	6:43	6:50
18	12.1	6:43	6:50
19	12.1	6:43	6:50
20	12.1	6:43	6:50
21	12.1	6:43	6:50
22	12.1	6:43	6:50
23	12.1	6:43	6:51
24	12.1	6:43	6:51
25	12.1	6:43	6:51
26	12.1	6:43	6:51
27	12.1	6:43	6:51
28	12.1	6:43	6:51
29	12.1	6:43	6:51
30	12.1	6:43	6:51
31	12.1	6:43	6:52

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
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15	5.5	Bright
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17	5.6	Bright
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20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Opit?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Opit for sightseeing.

What to pack for Opit in May

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

In May, Opit sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Opit 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 Opit peaks around March 15 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Opit 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 Opit is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.4× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	55	39	21	16	17	26	28	22	19	19	23	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	39	Poor
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Opit?

Opit sits at 2.6°N, 32.5°E, 1,132 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Gulu, 27 km away.

Topography around Opit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Opit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 1,105 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 707 m.

The land around Opit is covered by cropland (45%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

cropland 45%

16 km

208 m

cropland 45%

80 km

707 m

cropland 39%

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← April Opit year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Gulu 27 km · Anaka 59 km · Lira 62 km · Apac 71 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 82 km · Buyale 85 km · Kitgum 87 km · Kigumba 103 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

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 Opit (2.6111°, 32.4756°, elevation 1,132 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	82
9	82
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	79
14	78
15	77
16	76
17	75
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	71
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	69
30	69
31	69

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	82
9	82
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	79
14	78
15	77
16	76
17	75
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	71
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	69
30	69
31	69

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	24	76
5	25	75
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	28	72
9	29	71
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	43	57
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	47	53
24	48	52
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	82
3	83
4	83
5	83
6	83
7	83
8	82
9	82
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	79
14	78
15	77
16	76
17	75
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	72
22	72
23	71
24	71
25	70
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	69
30	69
31	69

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92