Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagamoyo weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bagamoyo: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kibaha (36 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Bagamoyo, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bagamoyo ranks joint 6th of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 39th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bagamoyo is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 26 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
Bagamoyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 49 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 130 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 26 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 19 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 89 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 20.6 | 12.512 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
- Kibaha in MayTanzania · 36 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Zanzibar in MayTanzania · 45 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MayTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Vikindu in MayTanzania · 76 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 144 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Handeni in MayTanzania · 149 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Tanga in MayTanzania · 154 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 217 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 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 Bagamoyo) is explained once on the Bagamoyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.