Tanzania

Kigoma in May

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

May weather in Kigoma

May in Kigoma averages daily highs of 29°C and lows of 23°C, with 11 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 14 of 31 days.

Daily high
29°C average
Overnight low
23°C average
Rain days
14 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (46% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
11 hours a day
Daylight
12 hours calculated day length

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Kigoma in May

May in Kigoma: average highs of 29°C, lows of 23°C and 11 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

May in Kigoma, Tanzania, brings average daily highs of 29°C and overnight lows of 23°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Light clothing is a useful starting point, with room in the plan to pause indoors. Decide how much walking to fit into each day using the local forecast, rather than treating the monthly average as a limit.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 14 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of 46%. Give wet-weather alternatives a proper place in the itinerary. Arrange outdoor plans so you can move them between days, and pack a rain layer rather than relying on a completely dry run of weather.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 12 hours. Sunshine averages 11 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible. For a culture-focused visit, group the places you want to see into manageable areas, with time between stops. Check each venue's opening dates before fixing the order.

June has an average daily high of 30°C, 1°C higher than May. Its historical rain-day chance is 3%, compared with 46% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in May, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.