Climate averages 1991–2020
Singida weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th 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 Singida: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (116 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Singida, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Singida ranks 30th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Singida is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 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
Singida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 143 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 49 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 119 | 13.6 | 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
- Kondoa in MayTanzania · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 185 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Dodoma in MayTanzania · 187 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 195 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Tabora in MayTanzania · 214 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 240 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 262 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Arusha in MayTanzania · 269 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 50 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 Singida) is explained once on the Singida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.