Muriti weather in May

In May, Muriti sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 177 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-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 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Muriti's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Muriti's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 177 mm; 20.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:47 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

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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 Muriti reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

Muriti weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 22°	221	25.7	12.1	4.4
Feb	26° / 22°	183	20.6	12.1	4.7
Mar	26° / 22°	275	24.9	12	4.5
Apr	25° / 22°	319	24.5	12	4.3
May	25° / 22°	177	20.7	11.9	5.3
Jun	25° / 22°	65	10.3	11.9	6.8
Jul	25° / 21°	29	6.1	11.9	7.8
Aug	25° / 21°	93	13.4	11.9	6.6
Sep	25° / 22°	151	20.2	12	5.3
Oct	25° / 22°	276	27	12	4.1
Nov	25° / 21°	315	27.8	12.1	3.9
Dec	25° / 21°	298	28.1	12.1	4.1

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. 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 (%)	30	30	33	34	34	35	36	38	39	40	43	44	46	48	49	51	52	53	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	63	63	64	64
Cloudier (%)	70	70	67	66	66	65	64	62	61	60	57	56	54	52	51	49	48	47	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	37	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	46	54
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Muriti gets around 177 mm of rain over 20.7 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 65% and peaks near 83% 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 (%)	83	83	83	82	82	81	80	80	78	77	75	73	71	69	66	64	62	61	59	58	56	55	54	52	51	50	50	49	48	48	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	78
10	77
11	75
12	73
13	71
14	69
15	66
16	64
17	62
18	61
19	59
20	58
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	48
30	48
31	47

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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15
Humid (%)	36	38	39	40	42	43	45	46	48	50	52	54	56	59	61	62	64	66	66	67	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	63	62	61
Muggy (%)	64	62	61	60	58	57	55	54	52	50	47	45	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	29	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	36	64
2	0	38	62
3	0	39	61
4	0	40	60
5	0	42	58
6	0	43	57
7	0	45	55
8	0	46	54
9	0	48	52
10	0	50	50
11	1	52	47
12	1	54	45
13	1	56	43
14	1	59	40
15	1	61	38
16	2	62	36
17	2	64	34
18	2	66	32
19	3	66	31
20	4	67	29
21	4	68	28
22	5	68	27
23	6	68	26
24	7	68	25
25	8	67	25
26	9	67	24
27	10	66	24
28	11	65	24
29	13	63	24
30	14	62	24
31	15	61	24

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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
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22	13	light breeze
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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 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:43 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:48	6:43
2	11.9	6:48	6:43
3	11.9	6:47	6:43
4	11.9	6:47	6:43
5	11.9	6:47	6:43
6	11.9	6:47	6:43
7	11.9	6:47	6:43
8	11.9	6:47	6:42
9	11.9	6:47	6:42
10	11.9	6:47	6:42
11	11.9	6:47	6:42
12	11.9	6:47	6:42
13	11.9	6:47	6:42
14	11.9	6:47	6:42
15	11.9	6:47	6:42
16	11.9	6:47	6:42
17	11.9	6:47	6:42
18	11.9	6:47	6:42
19	11.9	6:47	6:42
20	11.9	6:48	6:42
21	11.9	6:48	6:42
22	11.9	6:48	6:42
23	11.9	6:48	6:42
24	11.9	6:48	6:42
25	11.9	6:48	6:42
26	11.9	6:48	6:42
27	11.9	6:48	6:42
28	11.9	6:48	6:42
29	11.9	6:49	6:42
30	11.9	6:49	6:42
31	11.9	6:49	6:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Muriti?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Muriti for sightseeing.

What to pack for Muriti in May

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

In May, Muriti sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 22°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Muriti 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 Muriti peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	13	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Muriti 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 Muriti is worst in January — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	16	11	9	10	14	16	15	13	9	8	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	9	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Muriti?

Muriti sits at 2.0°S, 32.9°E, 1,141 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nansio, 22 km away.

Topography around Muriti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Muriti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 1,178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m.

The land around Muriti is covered by trees (37%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (60%) within 16 km, and water (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

144 m

trees 37%

16 km

188 m

water 60%

80 km

466 m

water 80%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Nansio 22 km · Mwanza 59 km · Kibara 62 km · Kisesa 64 km · Usagara 78 km · Sengerema 82 km · Kihangara 82 km · Magu 90 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 Muriti (-1.9833°, 32.9167°, elevation 1,141 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	46	54
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	78
10	77
11	75
12	73
13	71
14	69
15	66
16	64
17	62
18	61
19	59
20	58
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	36	64
2	0	38	62
3	0	39	61
4	0	40	60
5	0	42	58
6	0	43	57
7	0	45	55
8	0	46	54
9	0	48	52
10	0	50	50
11	1	52	47
12	1	54	45
13	1	56	43
14	1	59	40
15	1	61	38
16	2	62	36
17	2	64	34
18	2	66	32
19	3	66	31
20	4	67	29
21	4	68	28
22	5	68	27
23	6	68	26
24	7	68	25
25	8	67	25
26	9	67	24
27	10	66	24
28	11	65	24
29	13	63	24
30	14	62	24
31	15	61	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	46	54
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	78
10	77
11	75
12	73
13	71
14	69
15	66
16	64
17	62
18	61
19	59
20	58
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	36	64
2	0	38	62
3	0	39	61
4	0	40	60
5	0	42	58
6	0	43	57
7	0	45	55
8	0	46	54
9	0	48	52
10	0	50	50
11	1	52	47
12	1	54	45
13	1	56	43
14	1	59	40
15	1	61	38
16	2	62	36
17	2	64	34
18	2	66	32
19	3	66	31
20	4	67	29
21	4	68	28
22	5	68	27
23	6	68	26
24	7	68	25
25	8	67	25
26	9	67	24
27	10	66	24
28	11	65	24
29	13	63	24
30	14	62	24
31	15	61	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	33	67
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	40	60
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	46	54
14	48	52
15	49	51
16	51	49
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	83
4	82
5	82
6	81
7	80
8	80
9	78
10	77
11	75
12	73
13	71
14	69
15	66
16	64
17	62
18	61
19	59
20	58
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	52
25	51
26	50
27	50
28	49
29	48
30	48
31	47

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	36	64
2	0	38	62
3	0	39	61
4	0	40	60
5	0	42	58
6	0	43	57
7	0	45	55
8	0	46	54
9	0	48	52
10	0	50	50
11	1	52	47
12	1	54	45
13	1	56	43
14	1	59	40
15	1	61	38
16	2	62	36
17	2	64	34
18	2	66	32
19	3	66	31
20	4	67	29
21	4	68	28
22	5	68	27
23	6	68	26
24	7	68	25
25	8	67	25
26	9	67	24
27	10	66	24
28	11	65	24
29	13	63	24
30	14	62	24
31	15	61	24