Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 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 warm month in Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpanda (190 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 5.2°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks joint 36th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Sumbawanga is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 1.8 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in MayTanzania · 190 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Vwawa in MayTanzania · 193 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 195 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Nakonde in MayZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Kasama in MayZambia · 254 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 261 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kalemie in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 61 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.