Kibara weather in May

In May, Kibara sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 81 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kibara's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 81 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:45 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; 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 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kibara reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21

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

Kibara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 22°	129	17.5	12.1	5.6
Feb	27° / 22°	100	13.6	12.1	5.8
Mar	27° / 22°	149	17.6	12	5.4
Apr	26° / 22°	166	19.3	12	5.0
May	26° / 22°	81	13.5	11.9	6.1
Jun	26° / 21°	32	6.8	11.9	7.1
Jul	26° / 21°	14	3	11.9	7.8
Aug	26° / 21°	42	8.4	11.9	7.0
Sep	27° / 22°	72	12.8	12	6.1
Oct	26° / 22°	145	20	12	5.0
Nov	25° / 21°	184	22	12.1	4.7
Dec	25° / 21°	176	21.4	12.1	5.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 50%. 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	35	36	36	38	39	41	42	43	44	46	48	49	51	52	53	54	55	56	58	59	60	60	61	62	63	63	63	65	65
Cloudier (%)	67	67	65	64	64	62	61	59	58	57	56	54	52	51	49	48	47	46	45	44	42	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	37	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	41	59
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	46	54
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kibara gets around 81 mm of rain over 13.5 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 44% and peaks near 60% 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 (%)	60	59	58	57	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	48	47	45	44	42	41	40	38	37	35	34	33	31	31	30	30	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	59
3	58
4	57
5	57
6	56
7	55
8	54
9	53
10	52
11	51
12	50
13	48
14	47
15	45
16	44
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	38
21	37
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	30
29	29
30	29
31	29

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 45% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	20	21
Humid (%)	30	31	32	33	34	36	37	38	40	42	44	47	49	51	54	55	56	58	58	59	60	60	60	60	59	58	57	55	54	52	50
Muggy (%)	69	68	67	66	65	63	62	61	59	56	54	51	49	46	43	41	39	37	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	31	68
3	1	32	67
4	1	33	66
5	1	34	65
6	1	36	63
7	1	37	62
8	1	38	61
9	1	40	59
10	2	42	56
11	2	44	54
12	2	47	51
13	3	49	49
14	3	51	46
15	3	54	43
16	4	55	41
17	5	56	39
18	5	58	37
19	6	58	36
20	7	59	34
21	8	60	32
22	9	60	31
23	10	60	30
24	11	60	29
25	13	59	28
26	14	58	28
27	15	57	28
28	17	55	28
29	18	54	28
30	20	52	28
31	21	50	29

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
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12	9	calm
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14	9	calm
15	10	calm
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25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 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 6:46 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:40 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:46	6:41
2	11.9	6:46	6:41
3	11.9	6:45	6:41
4	11.9	6:45	6:41
5	11.9	6:45	6:41
6	11.9	6:45	6:40
7	11.9	6:45	6:40
8	11.9	6:45	6:40
9	11.9	6:45	6:40
10	11.9	6:45	6:40
11	11.9	6:45	6:40
12	11.9	6:45	6:40
13	11.9	6:45	6:40
14	11.9	6:45	6:40
15	11.9	6:45	6:40
16	11.9	6:45	6:40
17	11.9	6:45	6:40
18	11.9	6:45	6:39
19	11.9	6:46	6:39
20	11.9	6:46	6:39
21	11.9	6:46	6:40
22	11.9	6:46	6:40
23	11.9	6:46	6:40
24	11.9	6:46	6:40
25	11.9	6:46	6:40
26	11.9	6:46	6:40
27	11.9	6:46	6:40
28	11.9	6:47	6:40
29	11.9	6:47	6:40
30	11.9	6:47	6:40
31	11.9	6:47	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kibara?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kibara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibara in May

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

In May, Kibara sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 22°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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UV index in Kibara 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 Kibara peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (very high).

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	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	13	14	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kibara 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 Kibara is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 10 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)	18	16	13	11	12	18	20	16	15	11	10	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	12	Good
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kibara?

Kibara sits at 2.1°S, 33.5°E, 1,149 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nansio, 44 km away.

Topography around Kibara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 1,160 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 590 m.

The land around Kibara is covered by cropland (45%) and water (35%) within 3 km, water (47%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

215 m

cropland 45%

16 km

476 m

water 47%

80 km

590 m

water 43%

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

May weather nearby: Nansio 44 km · Bunda 49 km · Magu 49 km · Kihangara 49 km · Muriti 62 km · Kisesa 64 km · Nyamuswa 69 km · Butiama 72 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 Kibara (-2.15°, 33.45°, elevation 1,149 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	26	22
2	26	22
3	26	22
4	26	22
5	26	22
6	26	22
7	26	22
8	26	22
9	26	22
10	26	22
11	26	22
12	26	22
13	26	22
14	26	22
15	26	22
16	26	22
17	26	22
18	26	22
19	26	22
20	26	22
21	26	22
22	26	22
23	27	22
24	27	22
25	27	22
26	27	22
27	27	22
28	27	22
29	27	21
30	27	21
31	27	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	41	59
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	46	54
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	59
3	58
4	57
5	57
6	56
7	55
8	54
9	53
10	52
11	51
12	50
13	48
14	47
15	45
16	44
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	38
21	37
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	30
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	31	68
3	1	32	67
4	1	33	66
5	1	34	65
6	1	36	63
7	1	37	62
8	1	38	61
9	1	40	59
10	2	42	56
11	2	44	54
12	2	47	51
13	3	49	49
14	3	51	46
15	3	54	43
16	4	55	41
17	5	56	39
18	5	58	37
19	6	58	36
20	7	59	34
21	8	60	32
22	9	60	31
23	10	60	30
24	11	60	29
25	13	59	28
26	14	58	28
27	15	57	28
28	17	55	28
29	18	54	28
30	20	52	28
31	21	50	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	41	59
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	46	54
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	59
3	58
4	57
5	57
6	56
7	55
8	54
9	53
10	52
11	51
12	50
13	48
14	47
15	45
16	44
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	38
21	37
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	30
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	31	68
3	1	32	67
4	1	33	66
5	1	34	65
6	1	36	63
7	1	37	62
8	1	38	61
9	1	40	59
10	2	42	56
11	2	44	54
12	2	47	51
13	3	49	49
14	3	51	46
15	3	54	43
16	4	55	41
17	5	56	39
18	5	58	37
19	6	58	36
20	7	59	34
21	8	60	32
22	9	60	31
23	10	60	30
24	11	60	29
25	13	59	28
26	14	58	28
27	15	57	28
28	17	55	28
29	18	54	28
30	20	52	28
31	21	50	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	41	59
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	44	56
12	46	54
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	60
2	59
3	58
4	57
5	57
6	56
7	55
8	54
9	53
10	52
11	51
12	50
13	48
14	47
15	45
16	44
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	38
21	37
22	35
23	34
24	33
25	31
26	31
27	30
28	30
29	29
30	29
31	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	30	69
2	1	31	68
3	1	32	67
4	1	33	66
5	1	34	65
6	1	36	63
7	1	37	62
8	1	38	61
9	1	40	59
10	2	42	56
11	2	44	54
12	2	47	51
13	3	49	49
14	3	51	46
15	3	54	43
16	4	55	41
17	5	56	39
18	5	58	37
19	6	58	36
20	7	59	34
21	8	60	32
22	9	60	31
23	10	60	30
24	11	60	29
25	13	59	28
26	14	58	28
27	15	57	28
28	17	55	28
29	18	54	28
30	20	52	28
31	21	50	29