Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Handeni: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Handeni, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks 31st of 43 for the warmest May highs and 37th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Handeni is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 36 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.412 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
- Tanga in MayTanzania · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in MayTanzania · 149 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Zanzibar in MayTanzania · 154 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 159 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Kibaha in MayTanzania · 179 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 193 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MayTanzania · 208 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Ukunda in MayKenya · 213 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 220 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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.