Kwale Weather in May
Kwale in May
The short of it: Kwale in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 21 °C (69 °F), with 236 mm (9.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 21° · rain 236 mm · daylight 11 h 56 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Kwale brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 21°, with about 236 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 21°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 236 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 56 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Kwale runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Matuga, 13 km to the E, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Kwale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 74 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MatugaKwale County | 13 km E | 30° | 22° | 297 mm |
| KinangoKwale County | 16 km WNW | 29° | 21° | 187 mm |
| UkundaKwale County | 18 km SE | 30° | 23° | 310 mm |
| MazerasKwale County | 26 km NNE | 30° | 22° | 299 mm |
| MombasaMombasa County | 27 km ENE | 30° | 23° | 296 mm |
| JomvuMombasa County | 27 km NE | 30° | 23° | 316 mm |
| GaziKwale County | 28 km SSE | 29° | 23° | 349 mm |
| MsambweniKwale County | 32 km S | 30° | 23° | 376 mm |