Mbarara Weather in May
Mbarara in May
The short of it: Mbarara in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 16° · rain 54 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & January
May in Mbarara brings afternoons near 28° and nights around 16°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and January.
Against its neighbours, Mbarara runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bwizibwera, 3 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Mbarara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 48 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BwizibweraWestern Region | 3 km WNW | 28° | 16° | 54 mm |
| KinoniWestern Region | 20 km WSW | 26° | 15° | 62 mm |
| RutomaWestern Region | 30 km W | 26° | 15° | 67 mm |
| IsingiroWestern Region | 36 km SE | 26° | 16° | 66 mm |
| IryangoWestern Region | 41 km S | 26° | 16° | 56 mm |
| Nakivale Refugee CampWestern Region | 42 km ESE | 27° | 16° | 54 mm |
| NyacheraWestern Region | 42 km SW | 26° | 15° | 56 mm |
| MabareWestern Region | 46 km SSW | 27° | 16° | 54 mm |