Climate averages 1991–2020
Iringa weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th 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 Iringa: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mafinga (74 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Iringa, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks joint 38th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Iringa is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.0 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
Iringa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 163 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| February | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 127 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 130 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 46 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 24.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 131 | 19.2 | 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
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 74 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Ifakara in MayTanzania · 116 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 154 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 176 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 177 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 203 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 241 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 281 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.