Luchingu weather in May

In May, Luchingu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Luchingu's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luchingu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:34 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
42%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical May day in Luchingu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Luchingu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 2 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
2
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.

Luchingu weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°1342012.63.3
Feb31° / 23°12218.712.43.4
Mar30° / 22°14822.412.13.5
Apr30° / 22°7013.811.84.5
May30° / 20°132.811.55.8
Jun29° / 18°20.411.46.7
Jul29° / 18°20.311.47.0
Aug30° / 18°20.411.66.5
Sep31° / 19°30.711.95.7
Oct32° / 20°92.712.24.9
Nov33° / 22°286.812.54.0
Dec32° / 23°961612.63.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27228
37228
47327
57327
67426
77525
87624
97624
107723
117723
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Luchingu gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
121
220
319
418
516
615
714
813
912
1011
1110
129
138
148
158
167
177
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255
265
274
284
293
303
312

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 52% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
103195424
214205322
314215420
414225518
515235516
615245614
715265612
816275511
91628569
101729558
111731547
121832536
131833535
141935514
151936504
161938493
1711039483
1811041462
1911042452
2011143432
2111144422
2211246402
2311247382
2411348372
2511449351
2611549331
2721650311
2821751291
2921951271
3032051251
3132251231

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 6:31 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:316:08
211.66:316:08
311.66:326:08
411.66:326:07
511.66:326:07
611.66:326:07
711.66:326:06
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1011.56:336:05
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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 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Luchingu

In seasonPeak

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

Luchingu's rainy season runs December–April, 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 Luchingu?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Luchingu in May

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

In May, Luchingu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Luchingu 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 Luchingu peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 12UV 15Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Luchingu 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 Luchingu is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1918 µg/m³May 138 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun12Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov12Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Luchingu?

Luchingu sits at 10.9°S, 39.3°E, 607 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Newala, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Luchingu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luchingu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 594 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m.

The land around Luchingu is covered by cropland (40%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (37%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
736 m
80 km
988 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Newala 5.0 km · Newala Kisimani 8.0 km · Tandahimba 37 km · Kitama 48 km · Nanyamba 60 km · Nanganga 61 km · Masasi 62 km · Nyangao 63 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 Luchingu (-10.9°, 39.3333°, elevation 607 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).