Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th 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 Songea: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 4.6°C cooler than Songea, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks joint 34th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Songea is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 4.3 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 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
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 177 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MayMalawi · 198 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 223 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 268 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 275 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Lichinga in MayMozambique · 296 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ifakara in MayTanzania · 305 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Iringa in MayTanzania · 324 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.0 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.