Bomet Weather in May
Bomet in May
The short of it: Bomet in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 120 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Bomet brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 13°, with about 120 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bomet runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Mulot, 20 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bomet, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 69 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MulotBomet County | 20 km SSE | 24° | 13° | 86 mm |
| KapkatetKericho County | 23 km NW | 24° | 13° | 136 mm |
| SotikBomet County | 28 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 116 mm |
| LiteinKericho County | 28 km NW | 24° | 13° | 155 mm |
| JebilatNyamira county | 32 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 128 mm |
| NyansiongoNyamira county | 36 km W | 24° | 13° | 138 mm |
| Olulung’aNarok County | 43 km SE | 23° | 12° | 88 mm |
| KerokaNyamira county | 44 km W | 23° | 13° | 151 mm |