Embu Weather in May
Embu in May
The short of it: Embu in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °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 15° · rain 144 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Embu brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 15°, with about 144 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. 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, Embu runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kianyaga, 13 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Embu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 142 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KianyagaKirinyaga County | 13 km WNW | 24° | 15° | 223 mm |
| KimbimbiKirinyaga County | 14 km SW | 27° | 17° | 116 mm |
| KutusKirinyaga County | 15 km WSW | 26° | 16° | 146 mm |
| RunyenjesEmbu County | 18 km NE | 25° | 15° | 159 mm |
| WanguruKirinyaga County | 20 km SW | 28° | 18° | 98 mm |
| KerugoyaKirinyaga County | 20 km WNW | 24° | 14° | 254 mm |
| SiakagoEmbu County | 21 km ESE | 26° | 17° | 76 mm |
| KagioKirinyaga County | 24 km WSW | 26° | 16° | 146 mm |