Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Nakonde: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th 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 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nakonde, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 24 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 24 cities is 25.3°C; Nakonde is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.0°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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 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
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 5 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Vwawa in MayTanzania · 33 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 96 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kasama in MayZambia · 197 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MayTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 222 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Makumbako in MayTanzania · 236 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MayMalawi · 274 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.