Songo weather in May

In May, Songo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Songo's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Songo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
4th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:07 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
32%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Songo is town in Mozambique.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Songo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Songo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Songo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°22722.212.83.4
Feb30° / 23°16017.212.53.8
Mar31° / 22°7912.712.14.5
Apr30° / 21°163.511.75.9
May29° / 18°40.811.37.4
Jun27° / 16°20.711.18.5
Jul26° / 16°20.611.28.6
Aug29° / 18°10.311.57.4
Sep32° / 20°10.311.95.2
Oct35° / 23°6112.43.5
Nov35° / 24°477.712.72.7
Dec32° / 23°17318.912.93.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Songo gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
110384111
211403910
31241389
41343378
51444367
61545346
71646335
81747325
91848314
101848303
111949293
122050283
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162152261
172153251
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222451241
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252751220
262949220
273049200
283248190
293448180
303647170
313747160

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:035:30
211.46:035:29
311.46:035:29
411.46:035:28
511.46:045:28
611.46:045:27
711.46:045:27
811.46:055:26
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3011.26:125:21
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Songo

In seasonPeak

None of Songo's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Songo's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Songo?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Songo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Songo in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Songo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Songo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Songo peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Songo in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Songo is worst in September — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.8× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1636 µg/m³Apr 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Songo?

Songo sits at 15.6°S, 32.8°E, 910 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Tete, 108 km away.

TeteMoatizeKateteSindaMwanzaUlonguéMchinjiLilongwe

Topography around Songo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Songo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Songo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 878 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 885 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,177 m.

The land around Songo is covered by grassland (34%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (63%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (58%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
559 m
16 km
885 m
80 km
1,177 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tete 108 km · Moatize 118 km · Katete 187 km · Sinda 188 km · Mwanza 189 km · Ulongué 197 km · Mchinji 200 km · Lilongwe 212 km

Mozambique travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / M
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$627
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
28%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 465
Religion
Catholic 27%Islam 19%Pentecostal 17%Saio/Zione 16%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Songo (-15.5958°, 32.7647°, elevation 910 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).