Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 23rd of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 25th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kilosa is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 12 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 75 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Ifakara in MayTanzania · 148 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 176 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Handeni in MayTanzania · 193 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Kibaha in MayTanzania · 214 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in MayTanzania · 217 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 248 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.