Climate averages 1991–2020
Dodoma weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th 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 Dodoma: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th 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 Kondoa (142 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 3.6°C cooler than Dodoma, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dodoma ranks 5th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Dodoma is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.0 mm to under 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
Dodoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 82 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 42 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 9.7 | 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
- Kondoa in MayTanzania · 142 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 156 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 177 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Singida in MayTanzania · 187 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 224 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Ifakara in MayTanzania · 242 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 242 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Handeni in MayTanzania · 265 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 123 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 Dodoma) is explained once on the Dodoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.