Madizini weather in May

In May, Madizini sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 65 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Madizini's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madizini's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
6th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:34 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover
62%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Madizini reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Madizini

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.

Madizini weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°9513.512.33.7
Feb32° / 22°8911.712.23.7
Mar31° / 22°13621.4123.4
Apr29° / 21°12724.111.93.7
May28° / 20°651411.75.7
Jun28° / 18°164.911.77.0
Jul28° / 17°112.711.77.3
Aug28° / 18°175.111.86.5
Sep29° / 18°175.4125.8
Oct30° / 20°509.612.14.9
Nov31° / 21°6114.512.34.2
Dec32° / 22°9416.412.33.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24159
34258
44357
54357
64555
74555
84753
94753
104852
114951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Madizini gets around 65 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
263
362
460
559
657
756
854
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1050
1149
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1842
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2040
2139
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2734
2833
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3030
3128

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10046036
20056134
30056332
40066430
50066628
60076726
70076924
80087022
90097120
1000107218
1100117316
1200127315
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1400147511
1500157510
160016759
170017767
180018766
190019765
200120754
210121744
220122743
230224722
240225712
250226702
260327691
270428671
280430651
290531631
300633601
311734580

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.42 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Madizini

In seasonPeak

In May, Madizini sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Madizini's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Madizini?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Madizini in May

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

In May, Madizini sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Madizini in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madizini peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 14UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Madizini?

Madizini sits at 6.1°S, 37.6°E, 422 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lubata, 21 km away.

MorogoroLugobaGeiroNgerengere

Topography around Madizini

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madizini has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,058 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,250 m.

The land around Madizini is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (47%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
2,058 m
80 km
2,250 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Lubata 21 km · Magole 39 km · Dumila 42 km · Msowero 65 km · Morogoro 76 km · Lugoba 84 km · Geiro 85 km · Ngerengere 86 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 Madizini (-6.1409°, 37.636°, elevation 422 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).