Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Katoro: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geita (36 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks 24th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Katoro is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 10 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in MayTanzania · 36 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 55 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 119 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 181 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Bukoba in MayTanzania · 186 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 194 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.