Liwale weather in May

In May, Liwale sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
6th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:38 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
47%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Liwale is town in Lindi, 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 Liwale reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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 Liwale

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.

Liwale 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°15917.512.53.6
Feb30° / 22°17217.412.33.7
Mar29° / 21°17922.912.13.7
Apr29° / 21°8015.811.84.9
May29° / 19°153.111.66.5
Jun28° / 17°20.411.47.4
Jul28° / 17°20.311.57.8
Aug29° / 17°20.311.76.8
Sep31° / 18°40.911.95.9
Oct32° / 19°153.112.24.9
Nov32° / 21°337.112.44.1
Dec32° / 22°10214.412.63.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. 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

Liwale gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 23% 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 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 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 34% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
118275311
219285210
31929529
411031508
511132487
611233476
721335455
821536435
921637414
1021737403
1131938383
1232038362
1342239342
1442339331
1542440311
1642540301
1752640281
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2373240220
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2583439190
2683539180
2793638170
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29113837140
30133936120
31144134110

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 6:36 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:366:15
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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 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Liwale

In seasonPeak

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

Liwale's rainy season runs December–March, 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 Liwale?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Liwale in May

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

In May, Liwale sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Liwale 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 Liwale peaks around February 22 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 highExtremeFeb 22UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Liwale 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 Liwale is worst in July — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 2423 µg/m³May 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Liwale?

Liwale sits at 9.8°S, 37.9°E, 495 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nachingwea, 113 km away.

NachingweaRuangwaLukulediNangombaMasasiNangangaTunduruNyangao

Topography around Liwale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Liwale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 486 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 800 m.

The land around Liwale is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
355 m
80 km
800 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Nachingwea 113 km · Ruangwa 115 km · Lukuledi 130 km · Nangomba 140 km · Masasi 142 km · Nanganga 150 km · Tunduru 158 km · Nyangao 161 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 Liwale (-9.7667°, 37.9333°, elevation 495 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).