Katesh weather in May

In May, Katesh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 39 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Katesh's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katesh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 39 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:41 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Katesh is town in Manyara Region, Tanzania.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical May day in Katesh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Katesh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-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	25° / 16°	204	14.7	12.2	6.0
Feb	26° / 16°	154	11.9	12.1	6.1
Mar	25° / 16°	162	14.5	12	6.1
Apr	24° / 16°	101	15.8	11.9	5.9
May	23° / 14°	39	8	11.8	7.0
Jun	22° / 12°	3	1	11.7	7.9
Jul	22° / 11°	2	0.6	11.8	8.1
Aug	23° / 12°	2	0.5	11.9	8.3
Sep	25° / 13°	1	0.4	12	8.6
Oct	26° / 14°	10	2.3	12.1	7.9
Nov	26° / 15°	60	6.8	12.2	7.1
Dec	26° / 16°	160	12.9	12.3	6.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. 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 (%)	33	33	33	33	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	37	39	39	40	42	43	44	44	45	45	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	67	67	67	67	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	63	61	61	60	58	57	56	56	55	55	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Katesh gets around 39 mm of rain over 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 26% and peaks near 44% 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 (%)	44	44	43	42	41	40	38	37	35	34	32	31	29	28	27	25	24	23	21	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	42
5	41
6	40
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	32
12	31
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	21
20	20
21	18
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	12
28	11
29	11
30	10
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 63% 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 (%)	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	12	13	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	32	34	37	39	41	43	46	48	50	52	54	56	59
Comfortable (%)	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	69	68	67	66	64	62	61	59	58	57	55	53	51	50	48	46	44	41
Humid (%)	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	5	71	24
2	6	71	23
3	6	72	22
4	7	72	21
5	8	72	20
6	8	73	19
7	9	73	18
8	10	73	17
9	12	72	16
10	13	72	15
11	15	71	14
12	17	70	13
13	19	69	12
14	21	69	10
15	23	68	9
16	25	67	8
17	27	66	7
18	29	64	7
19	32	62	6
20	34	61	5
21	37	59	4
22	39	58	3
23	41	57	2
24	43	55	2
25	46	53	1
26	48	51	1
27	50	50	0
28	52	48	0
29	54	46	0
30	56	44	0
31	59	41	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
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31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:29 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	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	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:40	6:31
2	11.8	6:40	6:31
3	11.8	6:40	6:31
4	11.8	6:40	6:30
5	11.8	6:40	6:30
6	11.8	6:40	6:30
7	11.8	6:40	6:30
8	11.8	6:40	6:30
9	11.8	6:40	6:29
10	11.8	6:40	6:29
11	11.8	6:40	6:29
12	11.8	6:41	6:29
13	11.8	6:41	6:29
14	11.8	6:41	6:29
15	11.8	6:41	6:29
16	11.8	6:41	6:29
17	11.8	6:41	6:28
18	11.8	6:41	6:28
19	11.8	6:41	6:28
20	11.8	6:41	6:28
21	11.8	6:41	6:28
22	11.8	6:42	6:28
23	11.8	6:42	6:28
24	11.8	6:42	6:28
25	11.8	6:42	6:28
26	11.8	6:42	6:28
27	11.8	6:42	6:28
28	11.8	6:43	6:28
29	11.8	6:43	6:28
30	11.8	6:43	6:29
31	11.8	6:43	6:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5 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	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Katesh

In seasonPeak

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

Katesh's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Katesh?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Katesh for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Katesh in May

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

In May, Katesh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Katesh in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Katesh peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 11 (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)	14	16	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	15	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Katesh?

Katesh sits at 4.5°S, 35.4°E, 1,724 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nangwa, 10 km away.

Topography around Katesh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katesh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m around an average of 1,739 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,961 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,394 m.

The land around Katesh is covered by cropland (53%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

345 m

cropland 53%

16 km

1,961 m

cropland 59%

80 km

2,394 m

cropland 41%

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

May weather nearby: Nangwa 10 km · Bashanet 33 km · Basotu 38 km · Dareda 39 km · Dongobesh 51 km · Babati 53 km · Galappo 59 km · Mtinko 59 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 Katesh (-4.5248°, 35.3849°, elevation 1,724 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. 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	23	15
2	23	15
3	23	15
4	23	15
5	23	15
6	23	15
7	23	15
8	23	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	42
5	41
6	40
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	32
12	31
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	21
20	20
21	18
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	12
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	5	71	24
2	6	71	23
3	6	72	22
4	7	72	21
5	8	72	20
6	8	73	19
7	9	73	18
8	10	73	17
9	12	72	16
10	13	72	15
11	15	71	14
12	17	70	13
13	19	69	12
14	21	69	10
15	23	68	9
16	25	67	8
17	27	66	7
18	29	64	7
19	32	62	6
20	34	61	5
21	37	59	4
22	39	58	3
23	41	57	2
24	43	55	2
25	46	53	1
26	48	51	1
27	50	50	0
28	52	48	0
29	54	46	0
30	56	44	0
31	59	41	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	42
5	41
6	40
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	32
12	31
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	21
20	20
21	18
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	12
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	5	71	24
2	6	71	23
3	6	72	22
4	7	72	21
5	8	72	20
6	8	73	19
7	9	73	18
8	10	73	17
9	12	72	16
10	13	72	15
11	15	71	14
12	17	70	13
13	19	69	12
14	21	69	10
15	23	68	9
16	25	67	8
17	27	66	7
18	29	64	7
19	32	62	6
20	34	61	5
21	37	59	4
22	39	58	3
23	41	57	2
24	43	55	2
25	46	53	1
26	48	51	1
27	50	50	0
28	52	48	0
29	54	46	0
30	56	44	0
31	59	41	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	36	64
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	42
5	41
6	40
7	38
8	37
9	35
10	34
11	32
12	31
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	21
20	20
21	18
22	17
23	16
24	15
25	14
26	13
27	12
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	5	71	24
2	6	71	23
3	6	72	22
4	7	72	21
5	8	72	20
6	8	73	19
7	9	73	18
8	10	73	17
9	12	72	16
10	13	72	15
11	15	71	14
12	17	70	13
13	19	69	12
14	21	69	10
15	23	68	9
16	25	67	8
17	27	66	7
18	29	64	7
19	32	62	6
20	34	61	5
21	37	59	4
22	39	58	3
23	41	57	2
24	43	55	2
25	46	53	1
26	48	51	1
27	50	50	0
28	52	48	0
29	54	46	0
30	56	44	0
31	59	41	0