Nairobi Weather in May
Nairobi in May
The short of it: Nairobi in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 15 °C (60 °F), with 143 mm (5.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 143 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Nairobi an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 143 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 143 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Nairobi runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Pumwani, 3 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Nairobi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 63 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PumwaniNairobi County | 3 km E | 25° | 16° | 128 mm |
| Imara Daima EstateNairobi County | 8 km ESE | 26° | 16° | 86 mm |
| KiambuKiambu County | 13 km N | 25° | 15° | 117 mm |
| Lang'ataNairobi County | 13 km SW | 24° | 15° | 136 mm |
| KaruriKiambu County | 14 km NNW | 24° | 14° | 140 mm |
| Ongata RongaiKajiado County | 14 km SSW | 25° | 15° | 114 mm |
| KawaidaKiambu County | 16 km NNW | 23° | 14° | 163 mm |
| TingangaKiambu County | 17 km N | 24° | 14° | 147 mm |