Mpanda weather in May

In May, Mpanda sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Mpanda's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
18°
4th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
4.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:01 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Mpanda is city.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mpanda reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Mpanda

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.

Mpanda weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 18°17625.612.34.0
Feb28° / 19°14621.312.24.2
Mar28° / 19°15622.8124.4
Apr27° / 18°1161811.95.0
May28° / 18°204.211.77.0
Jun28° / 17°10.211.67.4
Jul29° / 16°00.111.77.5
Aug30° / 18°00.111.86.5
Sep32° / 20°20.5125.2
Oct32° / 21°254.812.14.5
Nov29° / 20°1011512.34.5
Dec27° / 19°16523.712.44.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
35149
45149
55248
65347
75446
85446
95446
105545
115644
125644
135743
145842
155941
166040
176139
186139
196238
206337
216436
226535
236634
246733
256832
266832
277030
287030
297129
307228
317228

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mpanda gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.2 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 14% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
132
230
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427
526
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920
1018
1117
1215
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1413
1512
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1810
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255
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283
293
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312

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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11235818
21255717
32275516
42295415
53315214
63335113
73354912
84374811
95394610
105414410
11644429
12746398
13848377
14950356
151053325
161154305
171256284
181357264
191559233
201660213
211860202
222060182
232260162
242460151
252759131
262958121
273257110
283555100
29395290
30425080
31464870

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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317calm

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 7:00 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.87:006:46
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511.87:006:45
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mpanda

In seasonPeak

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

Mpanda's rainy season runs November–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 Mpanda?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Mpanda for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mpanda in May

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

In May, Mpanda sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mpanda 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 Mpanda peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeExtremeFeb 22UV 16Aug 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mpanda 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 Mpanda is worst in August — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.9× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 1643 µg/m³Apr 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug44Poor
Sep33Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mpanda?

Mpanda sits at 6.3°S, 31.1°E, 1,100 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Usevia, 86 km away.

UseviaKirandoNamanyereNgurukaChalaUvinzaKitukuBaudhuinville

Topography around Mpanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,221 m.

The land around Mpanda is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), shrubs (25%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
172 m
16 km
389 m
80 km
1,221 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Usevia 86 km · Kirando 130 km · Namanyere 130 km · Nguruka 137 km · Chala 140 km · Uvinza 157 km · Kituku 167 km · Baudhuinville 169 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 Mpanda (-6.3438°, 31.0695°, elevation 1,100 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).