Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 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 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks 2nd 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; Shinyanga is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 1.9 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 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
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 67 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 93 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 115 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mwanza in MayTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Sengerema in MayTanzania · 140 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 159 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 163 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Tabora in MayTanzania · 164 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.