Makindu Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Makindu, 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 62 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: 31°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 62 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CMay 19, 2005
Reanalysis low: 14°CMay 20, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 02 min to 12 h 00 min
Cloud cover: 57%
Humidity: 72%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 9.4 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 2005	17°C 2017	64%
May 2	31°C	19°C	34°C 2016	17°C 2018	63%
May 3	31°C	19°C	34°C 2019	17°C 2015	63%
May 4	31°C	19°C	34°C 2011	16°C 2008	62%
May 5	31°C	19°C	33°C 2011	17°C 1997	62%
May 6	31°C	19°C	34°C 2005	15°C 1997	60%
May 7	31°C	19°C	34°C 2001	15°C 1997	59%
May 8	31°C	19°C	34°C 2009	15°C 1997	58%
May 9	31°C	19°C	33°C 1995	16°C 1997	56%
May 10	31°C	19°C	33°C 2005	17°C 1997	54%
May 11	31°C	18°C	34°C 2004	17°C 2019	52%
May 12	31°C	18°C	33°C 2002	17°C 2002	50%
May 13	31°C	18°C	34°C 2004	17°C 2002	48%
May 14	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	16°C 2002	47%
May 15	31°C	18°C	33°C 2002	16°C 2016	46%
May 16	31°C	18°C	33°C 2005	16°C 2016	46%
May 17	31°C	18°C	34°C 2014	16°C 2013	44%
May 18	31°C	18°C	34°C 2005	15°C 2020	42%
May 19	31°C	18°C	35°C 2005	15°C 1997	40%
May 20	31°C	18°C	34°C 2012	14°C 1997	39%
May 21	31°C	18°C	33°C 2012	16°C 1998	39%
May 22	31°C	18°C	33°C 2001	15°C 2004	37%
May 23	31°C	18°C	33°C 2010	16°C 2002	36%
May 24	31°C	18°C	34°C 2009	15°C 2014	33%
May 25	31°C	18°C	33°C 2013	15°C 2016	32%
May 26	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	15°C 2004	31%
May 27	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	15°C 1992	30%
May 28	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2018	28%
May 29	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 1998	26%
May 30	31°C	18°C	33°C 2009	16°C 2004	24%
May 31	31°C	18°C	33°C 2011	16°C 2006	23%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 6:26 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.