Climate averages 1991–2020
Kondoa weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kondoa: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Singida (116 km away). In May its highs average 25.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kondoa, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kondoa ranks 32nd of 43 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kondoa is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 1.6 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
Kondoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 108 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 79 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 27 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 25.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 41 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 11.3 | 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
- Singida in MayTanzania · 116 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 142 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Arusha in MayTanzania · 198 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 253 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Handeni in MayTanzania · 254 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 296 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Morogoro in MayTanzania · 298 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 298 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 Kondoa) is explained once on the Kondoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.