Manafwa Weather in May
Manafwa in May
The short of it: Manafwa in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 165 mm (6.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 17° · rain 165 mm · daylight 12 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Manafwa an average May high of 28°, a low of 17° and some 165 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 165 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 10 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 February and January.
Against its neighbours, Manafwa runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Mbale, 18 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Manafwa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MbaleEastern Region | 18 km NW | 29° | 18° | 163 mm |
| BudadiriEastern Region | 23 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 191 mm |
| NakalokeEastern Region | 26 km NNW | 29° | 18° | 136 mm |
| CheptaiBungoma County | 29 km SE | 25° | 15° | 223 mm |
| TororoEastern Region | 30 km SSW | 29° | 18° | 168 mm |
| SironkoEastern Region | 31 km N | 29° | 18° | 160 mm |
| SirisiaBungoma County | 34 km SE | 26° | 15° | 216 mm |
| MalabaEastern Region | 34 km S | 29° | 18° | 171 mm |