Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 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 warm month in Kasama: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kasama, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Kasama is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.1 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 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
- Nakonde in MayZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 201 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Vwawa in MayTanzania · 228 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MayTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Mansa in MayZambia · 273 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Nchelenge in MayZambia · 285 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 288 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MayMalawi · 340 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 50 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.