Kijabe Weather in May
Kijabe in May
The short of it: Kijabe in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 180 mm (7.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 180 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Kijabe an average May high of 19°, a low of 10° and some 180 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 180 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Kijabe runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Mai, 4 km to the SSW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Kijabe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 57 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaiNakuru County | 4 km SSW | 21° | 11° | 160 mm |
| Maai MahiuNakuru County | 5 km SSW | 21° | 11° | 160 mm |
| KimendeKiambu County | 5 km SE | 19° | 10° | 203 mm |
| LimuruKiambu County | 19 km SSE | 20° | 11° | 174 mm |
| Githiga AKiambu County | 22 km SE | 21° | 12° | 188 mm |
| RironiKiambu County | 23 km S | 21° | 11° | 163 mm |
| GithunguriKiambu County | 23 km ESE | 22° | 13° | 203 mm |
| South KinangopNyandarua County | 25 km NNE | 18° | 8° | 170 mm |