Climate averages 1991–2020
Bariadi weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bariadi: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (87 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bariadi, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bariadi ranks 14th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bariadi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 7.1 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
Bariadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 118 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 93 | 13.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 134 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 135 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 56 | 9.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 128 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 148 | 18.3 | 12.312 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
- Bunda in MayTanzania · 87 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 115 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 124 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Musoma in MayTanzania · 146 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 149 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Tarime in MayTanzania · 167 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 181 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 192 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 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 Bariadi) is explained once on the Bariadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.