Climate averages 1991–2020
Njombe weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 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 Njombe: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makumbako (56 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 2.6°C warmer than Njombe, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Njombe ranks 43rd of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Njombe is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 3.0 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
Njombe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 268 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 21.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 263 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 83 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 18 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| June | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 22.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 171 | 20.8 | 12.713 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
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 56 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 127 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 130 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Songea in MayTanzania · 177 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Vwawa in MayTanzania · 203 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 203 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 220 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Nakonde in MayZambia · 222 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°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 Njombe) is explained once on the Njombe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.