Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 33rd of 43 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bukoba is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 47 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in MayUganda · 111 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 153 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 166 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Katabi in MayUganda · 174 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 175 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 178 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.