Embu Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 27°C on May 1 to 27°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 112 mm over about 22 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 16°C
Precipitation: 112 mm
Reanalysis high: 30°CMay 27, 2000
Reanalysis low: 12°CMay 20, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 06 min to 12 h 06 min
Cloud cover: 70%
Humidity: 78%
Dew point: 15°C
Wind: 10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

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

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	27°C	16°C	30°C 2011	15°C 2013	91%
May 2	27°C	16°C	29°C 2011	14°C 1994	90%
May 3	27°C	16°C	30°C 2019	14°C 2015	89%
May 4	27°C	16°C	30°C 2019	14°C 2018	89%
May 5	27°C	16°C	29°C 2014	14°C 1994	89%
May 6	27°C	16°C	30°C 2019	14°C 1997	89%
May 7	27°C	16°C	30°C 2019	13°C 1997	88%
May 8	27°C	16°C	30°C 2019	13°C 1997	86%
May 9	27°C	16°C	29°C 2009	14°C 1997	85%
May 10	27°C	16°C	29°C 2005	14°C 1999	83%
May 11	27°C	16°C	29°C 2005	14°C 2019	81%
May 12	27°C	16°C	29°C 2008	14°C 1994	79%
May 13	27°C	16°C	29°C 2005	15°C 2000	77%
May 14	27°C	16°C	30°C 2005	14°C 2000	74%
May 15	27°C	16°C	30°C 2005	14°C 2000	72%
May 16	27°C	16°C	29°C 2019	13°C 2016	70%
May 17	27°C	15°C	29°C 2019	14°C 2020	68%
May 18	27°C	15°C	29°C 2009	13°C 1993	65%
May 19	27°C	15°C	30°C 2005	12°C 2020	63%
May 20	27°C	15°C	30°C 2005	12°C 1997	62%
May 21	27°C	15°C	29°C 2019	14°C 1997	61%
May 22	27°C	15°C	29°C 2000	14°C 2004	60%
May 23	27°C	15°C	30°C 2000	14°C 1994	59%
May 24	27°C	15°C	30°C 2000	12°C 2006	57%
May 25	27°C	15°C	30°C 2000	14°C 2014	56%
May 26	27°C	15°C	29°C 2000	14°C 2004	55%
May 27	27°C	15°C	30°C 2000	13°C 2004	55%
May 28	27°C	15°C	29°C 2011	14°C 2018	53%
May 29	27°C	15°C	30°C 2000	13°C 2018	53%
May 30	27°C	15°C	29°C 2011	13°C 2018	53%
May 31	27°C	15°C	29°C 2009	14°C 1997	53%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:30 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:31 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.