Mpwapwa weather in May

In May, Mpwapwa sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Mpwapwa's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpwapwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:39 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Mpwapwa is town in Dodoma Region, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mpwapwa reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16
31	27	16

Mpwapwa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	108	17.8	12.3	4.7
Feb	29° / 19°	75	13.9	12.2	4.8
Mar	28° / 19°	90	16.7	12	4.9
Apr	27° / 18°	44	9.6	11.9	6.4
May	27° / 17°	8	2.1	11.7	7.8
Jun	26° / 15°	1	0.2	11.6	8.4
Jul	25° / 14°	0	0	11.7	8.6
Aug	26° / 14°	0	0	11.8	8.5
Sep	27° / 15°	1	0.1	12	8.3
Oct	29° / 17°	6	1.3	12.1	7.0
Nov	30° / 18°	34	4.8	12.3	5.9
Dec	29° / 19°	88	13.3	12.4	5.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 36% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	61	61	61	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	41	39	39	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mpwapwa gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	8
13	8
14	7
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	5
20	5
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	2
31	2

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 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	24	27
Comfortable (%)	27	29	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48	50	52	53	55	56	57	58	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	63	62	63	62	61
Humid (%)	69	66	66	63	61	59	56	55	52	49	47	44	42	39	37	35	33	32	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	20	18	17	15	14	12
Muggy (%)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	27	69	2
2	3	29	66	2
3	3	30	66	1
4	4	32	63	1
5	4	34	61	1
6	4	36	59	1
7	5	38	56	1
8	5	40	55	0
9	6	42	52	0
10	7	44	49	0
11	7	46	47	0
12	8	48	44	0
13	9	50	42	0
14	9	52	39	0
15	10	53	37	0
16	10	55	35	0
17	11	56	33	0
18	11	57	32	0
19	12	58	30	0
20	12	60	28	0
21	13	60	27	0
22	14	61	25	0
23	15	61	24	0
24	16	62	22	0
25	17	62	21	0
26	18	62	20	0
27	19	63	18	0
28	21	62	17	0
29	22	63	15	0
30	24	62	14	0
31	27	61	12	0

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
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16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
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24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 6:38 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:21 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:38	6:25
2	11.8	6:38	6:24
3	11.8	6:38	6:24
4	11.8	6:38	6:24
5	11.8	6:38	6:24
6	11.8	6:38	6:23
7	11.8	6:38	6:23
8	11.7	6:38	6:23
9	11.7	6:38	6:23
10	11.7	6:38	6:23
11	11.7	6:38	6:22
12	11.7	6:38	6:22
13	11.7	6:39	6:22
14	11.7	6:39	6:22
15	11.7	6:39	6:22
16	11.7	6:39	6:22
17	11.7	6:39	6:22
18	11.7	6:39	6:21
19	11.7	6:39	6:21
20	11.7	6:40	6:21
21	11.7	6:40	6:21
22	11.7	6:40	6:21
23	11.7	6:40	6:21
24	11.7	6:40	6:21
25	11.7	6:40	6:21
26	11.7	6:41	6:21
27	11.7	6:41	6:21
28	11.7	6:41	6:21
29	11.7	6:41	6:21
30	11.7	6:41	6:21
31	11.7	6:42	6:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.14 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mpwapwa?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mpwapwa in May

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

In May, Mpwapwa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Mpwapwa 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 Mpwapwa peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	16	16	14	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mpwapwa?

Mpwapwa sits at 6.3°S, 36.5°E, 998 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kibaigwa, 35 km away.

Topography around Mpwapwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpwapwa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 530 m around an average of 1,053 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,201 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,908 m.

The land around Mpwapwa is covered by trees (26%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), cropland (27%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

530 m

trees 26%

16 km

1,201 m

shrubs 36%

80 km

1,908 m

cropland 35%

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← April Mpwapwa year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Kibaigwa 35 km · Kibakwe 43 km · Geiro 48 km · Kilosa 77 km · Msowero 82 km · Dodoma 85 km · Dumila 95 km · Magole 98 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

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 Mpwapwa (-6.35°, 36.4833°, elevation 998 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16
31	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	8
13	8
14	7
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	5
20	5
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	27	69	2
2	3	29	66	2
3	3	30	66	1
4	4	32	63	1
5	4	34	61	1
6	4	36	59	1
7	5	38	56	1
8	5	40	55	0
9	6	42	52	0
10	7	44	49	0
11	7	46	47	0
12	8	48	44	0
13	9	50	42	0
14	9	52	39	0
15	10	53	37	0
16	10	55	35	0
17	11	56	33	0
18	11	57	32	0
19	12	58	30	0
20	12	60	28	0
21	13	60	27	0
22	14	61	25	0
23	15	61	24	0
24	16	62	22	0
25	17	62	21	0
26	18	62	20	0
27	19	63	18	0
28	21	62	17	0
29	22	63	15	0
30	24	62	14	0
31	27	61	12	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16
31	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	8
13	8
14	7
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	5
20	5
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	27	69	2
2	3	29	66	2
3	3	30	66	1
4	4	32	63	1
5	4	34	61	1
6	4	36	59	1
7	5	38	56	1
8	5	40	55	0
9	6	42	52	0
10	7	44	49	0
11	7	46	47	0
12	8	48	44	0
13	9	50	42	0
14	9	52	39	0
15	10	53	37	0
16	10	55	35	0
17	11	56	33	0
18	11	57	32	0
19	12	58	30	0
20	12	60	28	0
21	13	60	27	0
22	14	61	25	0
23	15	61	24	0
24	16	62	22	0
25	17	62	21	0
26	18	62	20	0
27	19	63	18	0
28	21	62	17	0
29	22	63	15	0
30	24	62	14	0
31	27	61	12	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16
31	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	71	29
23	72	28
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	8
13	8
14	7
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	5
20	5
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	27	69	2
2	3	29	66	2
3	3	30	66	1
4	4	32	63	1
5	4	34	61	1
6	4	36	59	1
7	5	38	56	1
8	5	40	55	0
9	6	42	52	0
10	7	44	49	0
11	7	46	47	0
12	8	48	44	0
13	9	50	42	0
14	9	52	39	0
15	10	53	37	0
16	10	55	35	0
17	11	56	33	0
18	11	57	32	0
19	12	58	30	0
20	12	60	28	0
21	13	60	27	0
22	14	61	25	0
23	15	61	24	0
24	16	62	22	0
25	17	62	21	0
26	18	62	20	0
27	19	63	18	0
28	21	62	17	0
29	22	63	15	0
30	24	62	14	0
31	27	61	12	0