Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Pemba, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Pemba is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 95 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May, selected | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.4 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 11 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 42 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.0 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Montepuez in MayMozambique · 165 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Nacala in MayMozambique · 178 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Nampula in MayMozambique · 274 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Mtwara in MayTanzania · 303 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Masasi in MayTanzania · 313 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Moroni in MayComoros · 329 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Lindi in MayTanzania · 342 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Angoche in MayMozambique · 368 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 18 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.