Mungaa weather in May

In May, Mungaa sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 23% 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 Mungaa's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mungaa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
16°
5th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:43 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Mungaa is constituency of 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 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mungaa reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Mungaa 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
Jan27° / 17°14615.712.35.6
Feb27° / 17°10413.412.25.7
Mar27° / 17°12514.1125.9
Apr26° / 17°6610.411.96.5
May25° / 16°142.911.87.8
Jun25° / 14°00.111.78.5
Jul25° / 13°0011.78.7
Aug26° / 14°00.111.88.4
Sep28° / 15°10.1128.1
Oct29° / 16°61.312.16.8
Nov29° / 17°445.112.26.2
Dec27° / 17°11213.512.35.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24060
34159
44159
54060
64060
74159
84258
94258
104357
114357
124357
134456
144555
154555
164654
174753
184852
195050
205050
215248
225347
235545
245644
255743
265941
275941
286139
296238
306337
316436

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mungaa gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.9 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 10% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
120
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418
518
617
716
815
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1013
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1211
1310
1410
159
168
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187
197
206
215
225
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244
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263
273
283
293
302
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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
196328
2106327
3116326
4126325
5136324
6146323
7166222
8176221
9196120
10216118
11236017
12265816
13285814
14305713
15325612
16355411
17375310
1840528
1942517
2045496
2147485
2250464
2352453
2454442
2556422
2658411
2760391
2862371
2964351
3066331
3169310

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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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 6:43 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:436:33
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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 5.26 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.2Bright
75.2Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
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155.2Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mungaa

In seasonPeak

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

Mungaa's rainy season runs December–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 Mungaa?

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
7.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mungaa in May

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

In May, Mungaa sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mungaa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mungaa peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 16Jun 17UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mungaa 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 Mungaa is worst in October — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1314 µg/m³May 195 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May5Good
Jun6Good
Jul8Good
Aug9Good
Sep12Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mungaa?

Mungaa sits at 5.0°S, 34.9°E, 1,608 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Puma, 17 km away.

Basotu

Topography around Mungaa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mungaa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 1,617 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,306 m.

The land around Mungaa is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
545 m
80 km
2,306 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Puma 17 km · Ikungi 23 km · Singida 23 km · Ilongero 33 km · Sepuka 46 km · Mtinko 46 km · Igugunu 52 km · Basotu 70 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 Mungaa (-4.9667°, 34.8833°, elevation 1,608 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).