Chuka Weather in May
Chuka in May
The short of it: Chuka in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 144 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 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 25° · low 16° · rain 144 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Chuka brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 16°, with about 144 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 144 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 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, Chuka runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Chogoria, 12 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Chuka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 192 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChogoriaTharaka - Nithi | 12 km N | 25° | 15° | 153 mm |
| RunyenjesEmbu County | 13 km SW | 25° | 15° | 159 mm |
| KathwanaTharaka - Nithi | 25 km E | 29° | 19° | 30 mm |
| SiakagoEmbu County | 27 km S | 26° | 17° | 76 mm |
| MitunguuMeru County | 29 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 87 mm |
| NkubuMeru County | 29 km N | 24° | 14° | 163 mm |
| EmbuEmbu County | 31 km SW | 25° | 15° | 144 mm |
| KianyagaKirinyaga County | 37 km WSW | 24° | 15° | 223 mm |