Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabora weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th 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 hot month in Tabora: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (97 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Tabora, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tabora ranks 8th of 43 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Tabora is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 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
Tabora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 129 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 80 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 94 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 155 | 19.7 | 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
- Nzega in MayTanzania · 97 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Kahama in MayTanzania · 134 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MayTanzania · 164 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MayTanzania · 195 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Singida in MayTanzania · 214 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Mpanda in MayTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Katoro in MayTanzania · 245 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Geita in MayTanzania · 247 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 60 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 Tabora) is explained once on the Tabora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.