Mombaça climate

Mombaça Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mombaça, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 31°C on May 1 to 32°C on May 31, and lows from 22°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mombaça, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
81 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMay 3, 1998
Reanalysis low
18°CMay 30, 1999
Daylight
11 h 55 min to 11 h 49 min
Cloud cover
56%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 131°C22°C37°C 199821°C 199663%
May 231°C22°C37°C 201219°C 200462%
May 331°C22°C38°C 199819°C 200461%
May 431°C22°C37°C 199819°C 201960%
May 531°C22°C38°C 199819°C 201858%
May 631°C22°C37°C 199820°C 201856%
May 731°C22°C37°C 199820°C 199354%
May 831°C22°C37°C 199819°C 201851%
May 931°C22°C37°C 201219°C 200549%
May 1031°C22°C36°C 201219°C 199548%
May 1131°C22°C37°C 201219°C 200747%
May 1231°C22°C37°C 201219°C 199646%
May 1331°C22°C37°C 199819°C 199644%
May 1431°C22°C37°C 199819°C 200244%
May 1531°C22°C37°C 199819°C 200744%
May 1631°C22°C37°C 201519°C 200145%
May 1731°C22°C37°C 199819°C 200745%
May 1831°C22°C37°C 199819°C 200744%
May 1931°C22°C36°C 201219°C 200843%
May 2031°C22°C37°C 199819°C 199742%
May 2131°C22°C37°C 199818°C 199742%
May 2231°C22°C37°C 201219°C 199641%
May 2331°C22°C36°C 201619°C 199640%
May 2431°C22°C37°C 201519°C 199640%
May 2531°C22°C36°C 201619°C 200040%
May 2631°C22°C37°C 199819°C 200038%
May 2731°C22°C37°C 199820°C 199337%
May 2832°C21°C37°C 199818°C 199937%
May 2932°C21°C37°C 199818°C 199937%
May 3032°C21°C37°C 199818°C 199936%
May 3132°C21°C38°C 199819°C 199934%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mombaça, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

May 1
sunrise 5:38 AM, sunset 5:33 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 5:31 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.