Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 hot month in Nzega: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 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 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In May its highs average 29.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Nzega, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks joint 6th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Nzega is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 1.1 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 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
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 67 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Tabora in MayTanzania · 97 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 157 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 182 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 183 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Singida in MayTanzania · 185 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.