Marsabit Weather in May
Marsabit in May
The short of it: Marsabit in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 23 mm (0.91 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 17° · rain 23 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Marsabit an average May high of 27°, a low of 17° and some 23 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 23 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Marsabit runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Laisamis, 85 km to the SSW, is 6° warmer by day.
May in Marsabit, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 88 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaisamisMarsabit County | 85 km SSW | 33° | 21° | 22 mm |
| BaragoiSamburu County | 147 km WSW | 28° | 16° | 61 mm |
| LoiyangalaniMarsabit County | 149 km WNW | 35° | 23° | 21 mm |
| North HorrMarsabit County | 150 km NW | 34° | 23° | 13 mm |
| Sololo03 | 155 km NNE | 29° | 21° | 51 mm |
| MertiIsiolo County | 160 km SSE | 33° | 23° | 6.0 mm |
| WambaSamburu County | 168 km SSW | 28° | 16° | 71 mm |
| EldasWajir County | 176 km E | 33° | 22° | 18 mm |