Kitui Weather in May
Kitui in May
The short of it: Kitui in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 37 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Kitui brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 18°, with about 37 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 37 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kitui runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kavati, 18 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Kitui, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 112 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KavatiKitui County | 18 km NW | 27° | 17° | 30 mm |
| MwingiKitui County | 48 km N | 28° | 18° | 26 mm |
| WamunyuMachakos County | 50 km W | 27° | 17° | 36 mm |
| MatuuMachakos County | 57 km WNW | 27° | 17° | 37 mm |
| MakutanoMachakos County | 60 km W | 26° | 17° | 35 mm |
| MwalaMachakos County | 62 km W | 26° | 17° | 40 mm |
| WoteMakueni County | 63 km SW | 27° | 18° | 39 mm |
| MasiiMachakos County | 64 km W | 26° | 17° | 36 mm |