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Shella in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Shella is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 1 minute.May in Shella is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 1 minute.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 81% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is May a good time to visit Shella?

A good month, just outside Shella's best months, which run in two parts: January to February, or July to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in May, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in May, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

81% of days in May, against 4% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in May, against 49% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

12h 01m in May, against 11h 59m to 12h 15m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April90°32°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. May86°30°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. June85°29°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Shella sits, in May

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:12 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
2.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nairobi470 km west

The land around Shella, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kenya in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Shella

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Shella. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.