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Sosian in May

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sosian is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 8 minutes.May in Sosian is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 8 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
12h 08mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sosian?

A good month, just outside Sosian's best months, which run in two parts: September to October, or December to February.

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 80°F in May, against 76°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 24°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in May, against 14% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in May, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

12h 08m in May, against 12h 06m to 12h 09m 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. April82°28°low 58°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May80°27°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June79°26°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sosian sits, in May

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:25 AMsets 6:33 PM
Above the sea
1,759 mhigh country
Latitude
0.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nairobi192 km south

The land around Sosian, 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 Sosian

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sosian. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,759 m) against the climate model's (1,816 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,759 m) against the climate model's (1,816 m). 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.