Kiirua Weather in May
Kiirua in May
The short of it: Kiirua in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 120 mm (4.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 120 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & August
Thirty years of records give Kiirua an average May high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 120 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 120 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 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 January and August.
Against its neighbours, Kiirua runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Meru, 14 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Kiirua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 133 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeruMeru County | 14 km SE | 24° | 14° | 147 mm |
| NkubuMeru County | 24 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 163 mm |
| IsioloIsiolo County | 26 km N | 30° | 18° | 40 mm |
| MitunguuMeru County | 36 km SE | 27° | 17° | 87 mm |
| TimauMeru County | 36 km W | 23° | 10° | 109 mm |
| ChogoriaTharaka - Nithi | 40 km S | 25° | 15° | 153 mm |
| MauaMeru County | 44 km ENE | 25° | 15° | 161 mm |
| LareMeru County | 48 km ENE | 25° | 15° | 111 mm |