Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th 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 Sengerema: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwanza (32 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sengerema, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks joint 19th of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 22nd of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Sengerema is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 19 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 12.312 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
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 52 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Katoro in MayTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 119 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 130 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 149 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bunda in MayTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 81 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.