Gitarama Weather in May
Gitarama in May
The short of it: Gitarama in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 110 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 110 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Gitarama an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 110 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Gitarama: highs scarcely reach 24°, nights fall to 15°. Wet spells are common — about 110 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Gitarama runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Muhanga, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gitarama, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 53 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MuhangaSouthern Province | 8 km NW | 24° | 15° | 113 mm |
| RuhangoSouthern Province | 17 km SSE | 25° | 15° | 101 mm |
| MuginaSouthern Province | 21 km E | 26° | 16° | 88 mm |
| NgororeroWestern Province | 28 km NNW | 24° | 15° | 106 mm |
| Kamuhanda / RuyenziSouthern Province | 28 km ENE | 26° | 16° | 88 mm |
| NyanzaSouthern Province | 31 km S | 24° | 15° | 100 mm |
| ShyorongiNorthern Province | 33 km NE | 24° | 15° | 105 mm |
| KigaliKigali | 36 km ENE | 26° | 16° | 93 mm |