Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 warm month in Mpanda: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Mpanda, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks 13th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mpanda is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MayTanzania · 190 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Kalemie in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Kasulu in MayTanzania · 224 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Kigoma in MayTanzania · 228 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Tabora in MayTanzania · 244 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 327 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Kalima in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.