Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarime weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tarime: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Migori (34 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Tarime, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tarime ranks 26th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Tarime is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 34 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
Tarime climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 82 | 14.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 127 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 154 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 82 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 21 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 39 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.212 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
- Migori in MayKenya · 34 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 151 mm rain
- Musoma in MayTanzania · 65 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Kisii in MayKenya · 87 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Bunda in MayTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Kisumu in MayKenya · 146 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 206 mm rain
- Bariadi in MayTanzania · 167 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Khwisero in MayKenya · 171 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 237 mm rain
- Kakamega in MayKenya · 187 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 194 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 Tarime) is explained once on the Tarime year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.