Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 4.4°C cooler than Ifakara, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks 18th of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 25th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Ifakara is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 8.3 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 116 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 148 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 154 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 181 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 219 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 250 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Kibaha in MayTanzania · 289 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.