Climate averages 1991–2020

Kibaha weather
in May.

A hot, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 128 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kibaha · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Kibaha: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagamoyo (36 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Kibaha, with 130 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kibaha ranks joint 10th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 38th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kibaha is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 28 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kibaha climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kibaha, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.1°C24.1°C24.1°C6012.512.512 h
February 31.8°C24.1°C24.1°C6210.612.312 h
March 30.8°C23.6°C23.6°C16423.112.112 h
April 28.8°C22.8°C22.8°C20325.812.012 h
May, selected 28.0°C21.9°C21.9°C12818.511.812 h
June 27.9°C20.7°C20.7°C287.911.712 h
July 28.0°C20.1°C20.1°C175.811.812 h
August 28.5°C20.0°C20.0°C236.711.912 h
September 29.8°C20.5°C20.5°C247.612.112 h
October 30.5°C21.7°C21.7°C6312.212.212 h
November 30.3°C22.7°C22.7°C10418.712.412 h
December 30.5°C23.4°C23.4°C10419.312.513 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

Distance from Kibaha

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kibaha) is explained once on the Kibaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.