Kakuma Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kakuma, 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 71 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: 71 mm
Reanalysis high: 37°CMay 2, 2019
Reanalysis low: 18°CMay 20, 1997
Daylight: 12 h 15 min to 12 h 19 min
Cloud cover: 51%
Humidity: 58%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 12.6 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	21°C 1999	61%
May 2	33°C	23°C	37°C 2019	21°C 2003	61%
May 3	33°C	23°C	37°C 2000	20°C 2018	62%
May 4	33°C	22°C	36°C 2019	20°C 1997	61%
May 5	33°C	22°C	36°C 2009	20°C 2018	61%
May 6	33°C	22°C	35°C 1991	21°C 1997	61%
May 7	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 1997	60%
May 8	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 1997	58%
May 9	33°C	22°C	36°C 2009	19°C 1997	56%
May 10	33°C	22°C	35°C 2011	20°C 2018	55%
May 11	33°C	22°C	35°C 2007	20°C 2018	53%
May 12	33°C	22°C	35°C 2007	21°C 1997	52%
May 13	33°C	22°C	35°C 2001	20°C 2013	51%
May 14	33°C	22°C	35°C 2011	21°C 2013	48%
May 15	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	20°C 2013	47%
May 16	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 2013	46%
May 17	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	20°C 2020	45%
May 18	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 2020	42%
May 19	33°C	22°C	36°C 2019	19°C 2020	40%
May 20	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	18°C 1997	38%
May 21	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 1997	36%
May 22	33°C	22°C	36°C 1992	19°C 1997	35%
May 23	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 2018	33%
May 24	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 2013	32%
May 25	33°C	22°C	36°C 1998	19°C 2013	32%
May 26	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	20°C 2005	32%
May 27	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	20°C 2004	32%
May 28	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	20°C 2002	32%
May 29	33°C	22°C	36°C 2000	19°C 2018	32%
May 30	33°C	22°C	35°C 2019	20°C 2002	34%
May 31	33°C	22°C	36°C 2009	20°C 2020	34%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1: sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 6:48 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.