Lindi weather in May

In May, Lindi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 36 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-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 60% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lindi's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lindi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:31 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
40%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Lindi is town in 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 Lindi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Lindi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 10 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
10
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lindi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°16820.112.53.9
Feb29° / 25°15518.812.33.8
Mar29° / 25°19525.512.13.4
Apr29° / 24°12018.311.84.3
May29° / 23°366.811.56.0
Jun29° / 22°61.411.47.0
Jul28° / 21°40.911.57.3
Aug28° / 21°61.611.77.4
Sep28° / 22°124.111.97.1
Oct29° / 23°257.612.26.3
Nov29° / 24°5213.612.55.1
Dec30° / 25°12520.812.64.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Lindi gets around 36 mm of rain over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 94% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10119782
20220762
30221752
40223741
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60225721
70326701
80328681
90330661
100331651
110433621
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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 42 min at the start of May to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:296:08
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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 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lindi

In seasonPeak

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

Lindi sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Lindi?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lindi in May

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

In May, Lindi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Lindi in May

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Lindi 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 Lindi peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lindi?

Lindi sits at 10.0°S, 39.7°E, 12 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwara, 59 km away.

NangangaNanyambaKitamaTandahimbaRuangwaLuchingu

Topography around Lindi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lindi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 915 m.

The land around Lindi is covered by water (37%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
915 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
May weather nearby: Mtwara 59 km · Nyangao 60 km · Nanganga 75 km · Nanyamba 77 km · Kitama 80 km · Tandahimba 84 km · Ruangwa 86 km · Luchingu 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
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 Lindi (-9.9971°, 39.7165°, elevation 12 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).