Mbinga weather in May

In May, Mbinga sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 40 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Mbinga's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mbinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
4th coldest
Rainfall
40 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:51 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
55%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Mbinga is town and ward in Ruvuma Region, 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 23°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mbinga reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Mbinga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 18°41329.312.63.7
Feb25° / 18°33325.912.43.7
Mar25° / 18°31829.312.13.7
Apr24° / 17°14024.111.84.6
May23° / 14°4011.111.56.7
Jun22° / 12°165.511.47.4
Jul21° / 12°17611.47.4
Aug23° / 13°103.511.68.3
Sep26° / 15°7211.98.3
Oct28° / 17°276.312.27.0
Nov28° / 18°10412.112.55.7
Dec26° / 18°30925.412.64.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 37% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35545
45545
55644
65743
75743
85842
95842
105941
115941
125941
136040
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306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mbinga gets around 40 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
157
255
353
451
550
648
746
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1140
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1436
1535
1634
1733
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1931
2031
2130
2229
2328
2427
2526
2626
2725
2824
2924
3023
3123

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1244531
2246511
3249481
4351451
5354421
6456391
7557371
8560341
9661321
10763291
11865270
12966250
131067230
141167220
151267210
161368190
171467190
181567180
191568170
201668160
211768150
221967140
232067130
242167120
252366110
262565100
27276490
28306280
29326170
30355960
31385750

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 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 6:49 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:496:26
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411.66:496:25
511.66:496:24
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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 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Mbinga

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mbinga's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Mbinga?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mbinga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mbinga in May

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

In May, Mbinga sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mbinga 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 Mbinga peaks around February 15 at about 16 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Mbinga 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 Mbinga is worst in September — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1753 µg/m³Dec 198 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun10Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug36Poor
Sep55Unhealthy
Oct42Poor
Nov12Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mbinga?

Mbinga sits at 10.9°S, 35.0°E, 1,357 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kigonsera, 15 km away.

SongeaNkhata BayMahanjeMzuzu

Topography around Mbinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mbinga has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 365 m around an average of 1,348 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,176 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,616 m.

The land around Mbinga is covered by cropland (24%), trees (23%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (32%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (28%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
365 m
16 km
1,176 m
80 km
1,616 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kigonsera 15 km · Matiri 24 km · Tingi 41 km · Maposeni 57 km · Songea 75 km · Nkhata Bay 109 km · Mahanje 116 km · Mzuzu 124 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 Mbinga (-10.9333°, 35.0167°, elevation 1,357 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). 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).