Kinigi Weather in May
Kinigi in May
The short of it: Kinigi in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 136 mm (5.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 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 20° · low 11° · rain 136 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Kinigi an average May high of 20°, a low of 11° and some 136 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Kinigi: highs scarcely reach 20°, nights fall to 11°. Wet spells are common — about 136 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, 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, Kinigi runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Musanze, 8 km to the SE, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Kinigi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MusanzeNorthern Province | 8 km SE | 22° | 12° | 122 mm |
| MukingoNorthern Province | 11 km SSW | 21° | 12° | 132 mm |
| BusogoNorthern Province | 14 km SSW | 20° | 12° | 134 mm |
| KisoroWestern Region | 20 km NNE | 22° | 12° | 76 mm |
| MukamiraWestern Province | 21 km SSW | 19° | 10° | 148 mm |
| KoraWestern Province | 25 km SW | 19° | 10° | 133 mm |
| RutshuruNorth Kivu | 33 km NNW | 27° | 16° | 73 mm |
| RubandaWestern Region | 40 km NE | 21° | 11° | 84 mm |