Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 hot month in Kahama: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Kahama, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks joint 10th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kahama is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 2.4 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.312 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
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 77 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 80 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 114 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Katoro in MayTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 130 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Tabora in MayTanzania · 134 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.