Mlimba weather in May

In May, Mlimba sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 78 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Mlimba's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mlimba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
9th warmest
Overnight low
17°
5th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:45 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
51%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Mlimba is Tanzanian town.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mlimba reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Mlimba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°28425.712.53.7
Feb28° / 21°24623.412.33.9
Mar27° / 20°24327.512.13.8
Apr26° / 19°21725.211.84.4
May25° / 17°7812.411.66.7
Jun24° / 15°164.311.58.1
Jul24° / 15°112.811.58.3
Aug25° / 16°123.511.78.1
Sep27° / 17°92.311.97.9
Oct29° / 18°24512.26.4
Nov30° / 20°527.812.45.2
Dec29° / 21°17518.912.54.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 39% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25941
35941
46040
56238
66337
76337
86436
96535
106733
116733
126832
136931
147030
157030
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mlimba gets around 78 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% 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
558
656
754
852
950
1048
1146
1244
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1441
1539
1638
1737
1835
1934
2033
2131
2230
2329
2428
2528
2627
2726
2825
2924
3023
3122

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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1043957
2054154
3064351
4074549
5084646
6094843
70104941
80115138
90135136
100155134
111165132
121185130
131205128
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151245124
161255123
171275121
181285120
191295218
201315117
212325016
222335015
232345014
243354913
254364912
265374810
27538479
28739468
29840457
30941436
311142425

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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315calm

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 6:43 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:436:25
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411.76:436:24
511.76:436:23
611.76:446:23
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1911.66:466:21
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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 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.8Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mlimba

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Mlimba?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mlimba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mlimba in May

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

In May, Mlimba sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mlimba 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 Mlimba peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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 18UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mlimba 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 Mlimba is worst in November — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModeratePoorModerateNov 948 µg/m³Jun 99 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct47Poor
Nov49Poor
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mlimba?

Mlimba sits at 8.8°S, 35.8°E, 306 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Malinyi, 38 km away.

MafingaMakumbakoMtwangoIringaIfakaraIlulaNjombe

Topography around Mlimba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mlimba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m around an average of 312 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 805 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,883 m.

The land around Mlimba is covered by cropland (43%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) within 80 km.

3 km
254 m
16 km
805 m
80 km
1,883 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Malinyi 38 km · Mafinga 80 km · Makumbako 108 km · Mtwango 114 km · Iringa 116 km · Ifakara 121 km · Ilula 127 km · Njombe 130 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 Mlimba (-8.8°, 35.8167°, elevation 306 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).