Ilula weather in May

In May, Ilula sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 21 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Ilula's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilula's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:43 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical May day in Ilula reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	14
2	21	14
3	21	14
4	21	14
5	21	14
6	21	14
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	11

Ilula weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 15°	274	26.2	12.4	4.2
Feb	23° / 15°	246	22.1	12.3	4.4
Mar	23° / 15°	190	24.4	12.1	4.4
Apr	21° / 15°	73	18.6	11.8	5.1
May	20° / 13°	21	6.4	11.7	6.9
Jun	19° / 10°	4	1.3	11.6	7.5
Jul	19° / 10°	2	0.6	11.6	7.6
Aug	20° / 10°	4	0.9	11.7	7.8
Sep	22° / 11°	4	1.3	12	8.2
Oct	23° / 12°	17	5.1	12.2	7.9
Nov	24° / 14°	64	13.2	12.4	6.5
Dec	24° / 15°	187	22.8	12.4	4.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	37	39	39	40	40	42	43	44	46	47	48	50	51	51	52	53	54	54	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	60	60	60	61	62
Cloudier (%)	63	61	61	60	60	58	57	56	54	53	52	50	49	49	48	47	46	46	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	40	40	40	39	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ilula gets around 21 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	38	36	35	34	32	31	30	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	28
9	27
10	26
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	18
19	17
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	9
31	9

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	18	20	22	25	27	29	31	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	50	52	55	57	59	62	64	67
Comfortable (%)	72	73	72	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	67	66	65	64	63	61	60	58	57	55	54	52	50	49	47	45	43	41	38	36	33
Humid (%)	20	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	72	20
2	9	73	18
3	11	72	17
4	12	73	15
5	13	73	14
6	15	72	13
7	16	72	12
8	18	71	11
9	20	70	10
10	22	69	9
11	25	67	8
12	27	66	7
13	29	65	6
14	31	64	5
15	33	63	4
16	35	61	4
17	37	60	3
18	39	58	3
19	41	57	2
20	43	55	2
21	45	54	1
22	47	52	1
23	49	50	1
24	50	49	1
25	52	47	1
26	55	45	0
27	57	43	0
28	59	41	0
29	62	38	0
30	64	36	0
31	67	33	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 6:41 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:21 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:41	6:25
2	11.7	6:41	6:25
3	11.7	6:41	6:24
4	11.7	6:41	6:24
5	11.7	6:41	6:24
6	11.7	6:41	6:24
7	11.7	6:41	6:23
8	11.7	6:42	6:23
9	11.7	6:42	6:23
10	11.7	6:42	6:23
11	11.7	6:42	6:22
12	11.7	6:42	6:22
13	11.7	6:42	6:22
14	11.7	6:42	6:22
15	11.7	6:42	6:22
16	11.7	6:43	6:22
17	11.6	6:43	6:21
18	11.6	6:43	6:21
19	11.6	6:43	6:21
20	11.6	6:43	6:21
21	11.6	6:43	6:21
22	11.6	6:44	6:21
23	11.6	6:44	6:21
24	11.6	6:44	6:21
25	11.6	6:44	6:21
26	11.6	6:44	6:21
27	11.6	6:45	6:21
28	11.6	6:45	6:21
29	11.6	6:45	6:21
30	11.6	6:45	6:21
31	11.6	6:46	6:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ilula

In seasonPeak

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

Ilula's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Oct

Nov

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Is May a good time to visit Ilula?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ilula for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilula in May

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

In May, Ilula sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Ilula in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilula peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	16	16	14	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ilula 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 Ilula is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	10	8	7	7	10	15	21	18	13	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ilula?

Ilula sits at 7.7°S, 36.0°E, 1,374 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Iringa, 38 km away.

Topography around Ilula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilula has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 543 m around an average of 1,430 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,577 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,299 m.

The land around Ilula is covered by cropland (39%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (34%), trees (26%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

543 m

cropland 39%

16 km

1,577 m

shrubs 34%

80 km

2,299 m

trees 38%

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← April Ilula year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Iringa 38 km · Izazi 63 km · Ifakara 87 km · Kidatu 101 km · Ruaha 104 km · Kidodi 107 km · Mafinga 107 km · Mikumi 109 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

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 Ilula (-7.6766°, 36.0366°, elevation 1,374 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	14
2	21	14
3	21	14
4	21	14
5	21	14
6	21	14
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	28
9	27
10	26
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	18
19	17
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	72	20
2	9	73	18
3	11	72	17
4	12	73	15
5	13	73	14
6	15	72	13
7	16	72	12
8	18	71	11
9	20	70	10
10	22	69	9
11	25	67	8
12	27	66	7
13	29	65	6
14	31	64	5
15	33	63	4
16	35	61	4
17	37	60	3
18	39	58	3
19	41	57	2
20	43	55	2
21	45	54	1
22	47	52	1
23	49	50	1
24	50	49	1
25	52	47	1
26	55	45	0
27	57	43	0
28	59	41	0
29	62	38	0
30	64	36	0
31	67	33	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	14
2	21	14
3	21	14
4	21	14
5	21	14
6	21	14
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	28
9	27
10	26
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	18
19	17
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	72	20
2	9	73	18
3	11	72	17
4	12	73	15
5	13	73	14
6	15	72	13
7	16	72	12
8	18	71	11
9	20	70	10
10	22	69	9
11	25	67	8
12	27	66	7
13	29	65	6
14	31	64	5
15	33	63	4
16	35	61	4
17	37	60	3
18	39	58	3
19	41	57	2
20	43	55	2
21	45	54	1
22	47	52	1
23	49	50	1
24	50	49	1
25	52	47	1
26	55	45	0
27	57	43	0
28	59	41	0
29	62	38	0
30	64	36	0
31	67	33	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	14
2	21	14
3	21	14
4	21	14
5	21	14
6	21	14
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	21	13
13	21	13
14	21	13
15	20	13
16	20	13
17	20	13
18	20	13
19	20	13
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	48	52
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	36
3	35
4	34
5	32
6	31
7	30
8	28
9	27
10	26
11	24
12	23
13	22
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	19
18	18
19	17
20	16
21	16
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	10
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	8	72	20
2	9	73	18
3	11	72	17
4	12	73	15
5	13	73	14
6	15	72	13
7	16	72	12
8	18	71	11
9	20	70	10
10	22	69	9
11	25	67	8
12	27	66	7
13	29	65	6
14	31	64	5
15	33	63	4
16	35	61	4
17	37	60	3
18	39	58	3
19	41	57	2
20	43	55	2
21	45	54	1
22	47	52	1
23	49	50	1
24	50	49	1
25	52	47	1
26	55	45	0
27	57	43	0
28	59	41	0
29	62	38	0
30	64	36	0
31	67	33	0