Mbale Weather in May
Mbale in May
The short of it: Mbale in May averages a high of 29 °C (84 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 163 mm (6.4 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 29° · low 18° · rain 163 mm · daylight 12 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
May in Mbale brings afternoons near 29° and nights around 18°, with about 163 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 29°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 163 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 10 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, 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, Mbale runs about middling and about as wet in May. Nakaloke, 8 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Mbale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 1.0 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
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NakalokeEastern Region | 8 km NNW | 29° | 18° | 136 mm |
| ManafwaEastern Region | 18 km SE | 28° | 17° | 165 mm |
| BudadiriEastern Region | 18 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 191 mm |
| SironkoEastern Region | 18 km NNE | 29° | 18° | 160 mm |
| BudakaEastern Region | 29 km WSW | 29° | 18° | 135 mm |
| ButalejaEastern Region | 31 km SW | 29° | 19° | 131 mm |
| BusolweEastern Region | 38 km SW | 29° | 18° | 135 mm |
| NagongeraEastern Region | 39 km SSW | 29° | 18° | 138 mm |