Maragua Weather in May
Maragua in May
The short of it: Maragua in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 143 mm (5.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 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 25° · low 16° · rain 143 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Maragua brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 16°, with about 143 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 143 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 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, Maragua runs about middling and drier than most in May. Murang’a, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Maragua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 118 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murang’aMurang'A | 9 km NNE | 25° | 16° | 162 mm |
| KaruriMurang'A | 12 km NNE | 26° | 16° | 161 mm |
| KenolMurang'A | 16 km S | 25° | 16° | 112 mm |
| SaganaKirinyaga County | 17 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 144 mm |
| KangemaMurang'A | 22 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 243 mm |
| KagioKirinyaga County | 23 km NE | 26° | 16° | 146 mm |
| ThikaNairobi County | 27 km SSW | 26° | 16° | 101 mm |
| Mukurwe-iniNyeri County | 28 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 223 mm |