Kakuma Weather in May
Kakuma in May
The short of it: Kakuma in May averages a high of 36 °C (96 °F) and a low of 21 °C (71 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 21° · rain 36 mm · daylight 12 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Kakuma an average May high of 36°, a low of 21° and some 36 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 17 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Kakuma runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Lokichokio, 78 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Kakuma, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 33 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LokichokioTurkana County | 78 km NW | 33° | 21° | 44 mm |
| LodwarTurkana County | 105 km SE | 37° | 24° | 24 mm |
| KotidoNorthern Region | 114 km SW | 30° | 17° | 78 mm |
| MorotoNorthern Region | 133 km S | 29° | 16° | 102 mm |
| LokicharTurkana County | 172 km SSE | 34° | 21° | 45 mm |
| AbimNorthern Region | 173 km SW | 27° | 17° | 116 mm |
| KapoetaEastern Equatoria | 183 km NW | 34° | 20° | 75 mm |
| LobuniSouth Ethiopia Regional State | 186 km NE | 36° | 22° | 57 mm |