Mwatate Weather in May
Mwatate in May
The short of it: Mwatate in May averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 70 mm · daylight 11 h 58 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Mwatate brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 18°, with about 70 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 58 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Mwatate runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Wundanyi, 12 km to the N, is 4° cooler by day.
May in Mwatate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WundanyiTaita Taveta | 12 km N | 23° | 15° | 71 mm |
| VoiTaita Taveta | 23 km ENE | 28° | 19° | 92 mm |
| MaunguTaita Taveta | 42 km E | 28° | 19° | 94 mm |
| Mackinnon RoadKwale County | 76 km ESE | 28° | 20° | 105 mm |
| TavetaTaita Taveta | 78 km W | 28° | 19° | 72 mm |
| KwakoaKilimanjaro | 79 km WSW | 27° | 19° | 52 mm |
| KisiwaniKilimanjaro | 84 km SW | 26° | 17° | 64 mm |
| RomboKajiado County | 91 km NW | 26° | 16° | 84 mm |