Kitale Weather in May
Kitale in May
The short of it: Kitale in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 154 mm (6.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 154 mm · daylight 12 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
May in Kitale brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 13°, with about 154 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 154 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 10 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 February.
Against its neighbours, Kitale runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kiminini, 16 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Kitale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimininiTrans Nzoia | 16 km SSW | 25° | 14° | 160 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 21 km SE | 25° | 13° | 141 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 24 km SE | 24° | 13° | 128 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 27 km NNE | 24° | 12° | 168 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 29 km NNE | 23° | 12° | 159 mm |
| KapcheropTrans Nzoia | 35 km E | 23° | 11° | 140 mm |
| KapsokwonyBungoma County | 38 km WSW | 23° | 13° | 180 mm |
| ChepareriaWest Pokot County | 39 km NE | 25° | 14° | 120 mm |