Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in May.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (74 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Mafinga, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mafinga is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to under 1 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 74 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 79 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 130 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Ifakara in MayTanzania · 154 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 211 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Kilosa in MayTanzania · 248 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Songea in MayTanzania · 268 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 29 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.