Garissa Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 33°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 16 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: 33°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 68 mm
Reanalysis high: 37°CMay 11, 2004
Reanalysis low: 19°CMay 7, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 05 min to 12 h 06 min
Cloud cover: 60%
Humidity: 70%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 22.7 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	33°C	23°C	36°C 2000	22°C 2008	70%
May 2	33°C	23°C	36°C 2009	22°C 2017	70%
May 3	33°C	23°C	36°C 2009	21°C 2015	70%
May 4	33°C	23°C	36°C 2009	21°C 2018	70%
May 5	33°C	23°C	35°C 2000	21°C 1994	70%
May 6	33°C	23°C	35°C 2009	20°C 1997	68%
May 7	33°C	23°C	36°C 2009	19°C 1997	66%
May 8	33°C	23°C	37°C 2009	19°C 1997	64%
May 9	33°C	23°C	36°C 2004	20°C 1997	63%
May 10	33°C	23°C	36°C 2004	20°C 1997	60%
May 11	33°C	23°C	37°C 2004	21°C 1997	57%
May 12	33°C	23°C	37°C 2004	21°C 2002	55%
May 13	33°C	23°C	37°C 2004	21°C 2000	52%
May 14	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	21°C 1998	52%
May 15	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	21°C 2016	52%
May 16	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	21°C 2006	51%
May 17	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	20°C 1998	49%
May 18	33°C	22°C	35°C 2004	20°C 1998	47%
May 19	33°C	22°C	36°C 2005	20°C 2020	46%
May 20	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	20°C 1998	44%
May 21	33°C	22°C	35°C 2006	20°C 1998	44%
May 22	33°C	22°C	35°C 2000	21°C 2015	44%
May 23	33°C	22°C	35°C 2000	20°C 2013	42%
May 24	33°C	22°C	35°C 2009	19°C 2014	39%
May 25	33°C	22°C	35°C 2013	20°C 2000	38%
May 26	33°C	22°C	35°C 2004	20°C 2017	36%
May 27	33°C	22°C	36°C 2004	20°C 2000	34%
May 28	33°C	22°C	35°C 2011	21°C 1991	32%
May 29	33°C	22°C	35°C 2011	20°C 2001	30%
May 30	33°C	22°C	36°C 2009	19°C 1996	27%
May 31	33°C	22°C	36°C 2009	19°C 2000	26%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 6:22 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.