Kitui Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kitui, 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 31°C on May 31, and lows from 19°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 12 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: 31°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 56 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CMay 19, 2005
Reanalysis low: 14°CMay 20, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 04 min to 12 h 03 min
Cloud cover: 56%
Humidity: 72%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 8.3 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	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	17°C 2017	63%
May 2	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	17°C 2018	62%
May 3	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	16°C 2015	62%
May 4	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	17°C 2018	62%
May 5	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	17°C 1994	61%
May 6	31°C	19°C	34°C 2005	15°C 1997	60%
May 7	31°C	19°C	33°C 2008	15°C 1997	60%
May 8	31°C	19°C	33°C 2009	15°C 1997	57%
May 9	31°C	19°C	33°C 2004	16°C 1997	55%
May 10	31°C	19°C	33°C 2005	17°C 1996	52%
May 11	31°C	19°C	34°C 2004	17°C 2019	49%
May 12	31°C	18°C	33°C 2008	16°C 2002	46%
May 13	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	16°C 2002	45%
May 14	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	16°C 2002	44%
May 15	31°C	18°C	33°C 2005	16°C 2016	43%
May 16	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	16°C 2016	42%
May 17	31°C	18°C	34°C 2014	16°C 1993	39%
May 18	31°C	18°C	34°C 2009	15°C 1993	36%
May 19	31°C	18°C	35°C 2005	15°C 2020	33%
May 20	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	14°C 1997	32%
May 21	31°C	18°C	33°C 2012	16°C 1998	31%
May 22	31°C	18°C	33°C 2001	16°C 2004	29%
May 23	31°C	18°C	33°C 2000	16°C 2002	28%
May 24	31°C	18°C	33°C 2009	16°C 2014	26%
May 25	31°C	18°C	33°C 2013	16°C 2016	26%
May 26	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2004	24%
May 27	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	15°C 1992	23%
May 28	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2018	22%
May 29	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2018	20%
May 30	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	15°C 2004	20%
May 31	31°C	18°C	33°C 2009	15°C 2000	18%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:27 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.