Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Kigoma, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks 25th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 34th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kigoma is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 11 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in MayTanzania · 62 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Kalemie in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Gitega in MayBurundi · 165 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MayBurundi · 169 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Uvira in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Mpanda in MayTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.