Climate averages 1991–2020
Vwawa weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Vwawa: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 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 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (28 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Vwawa, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vwawa ranks joint 34th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Vwawa is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 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
Vwawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 240 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 191 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 256 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 160 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 102 | 14.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 224 | 24.0 | 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
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 28 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Nakonde in MayZambia · 33 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 76 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MayTanzania · 193 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 203 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 210 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Kasama in MayZambia · 228 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Mafinga in MayTanzania · 274 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 14 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 Vwawa) is explained once on the Vwawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.