Ifakara weather in May

In May, Ifakara sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 52 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ifakara's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ifakara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:41 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
51%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Ifakara is human settlement in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ifakara reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ifakara

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.

Ifakara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°12817.212.42.8
Feb33° / 24°1181712.32.9
Mar31° / 23°17824.812.13.0
Apr29° / 22°15623.511.83.7
May29° / 20°5210.211.65.7
Jun28° / 18°82.311.56.9
Jul29° / 17°71.411.66.9
Aug30° / 19°92.311.76.1
Sep32° / 20°71.7125.0
Oct33° / 22°214.112.23.8
Nov35° / 23°366.512.42.9
Dec34° / 24°8714.912.52.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 36% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26535
36535
46634
56634
66832
76832
86832
96931
106931
116931
127030
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317624

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ifakara gets around 52 mm of rain over 10.2 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 33% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
255
353
451
549
648
746
844
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1040
1138
1236
1334
1433
1531
1630
1729
1828
1927
2026
2125
2224
2323
2422
2522
2621
2720
2819
2918
3017
3116

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1053659
2053758
3063955
4074152
5074251
6084447
7094545
81114643
91124740
101144838
111154836
121174933
131194931
141215028
151225126
161235224
171245322
181255420
191265419
202275417
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222295415
233295513
244305412
255305411
266315310
27731539
28832528
29933517
301134496
311235476

Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:396:22
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411.76:396:21
511.76:396:21
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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 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ifakara

In seasonPeak

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

Ifakara's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Ifakara?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ifakara for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ifakara in May

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

In May, Ifakara sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ifakara in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ifakara peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Ifakara 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 Ifakara is worst in September — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.1× the cleanest month (May, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1835 µg/m³May 249 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ifakara?

Ifakara sits at 8.1°S, 36.7°E, 259 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kidatu, 57 km away.

IlulaMikumiMalinyiIringaMlimba

Topography around Ifakara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ifakara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 873 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,356 m.

The land around Ifakara is covered by trees (48%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
873 m
80 km
2,356 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kidatu 57 km · Ruaha 62 km · Kidodi 69 km · Ilula 87 km · Mikumi 88 km · Malinyi 108 km · Iringa 116 km · Mlimba 121 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Ifakara (-8.1333°, 36.6833°, elevation 259 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).