Nachingwea weather in May

In May, Nachingwea sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nachingwea's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nachingwea's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
5th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:35 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
45%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Nachingwea is Small town in 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 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nachingwea reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°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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How May really feels in Nachingwea

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.

Nachingwea 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°12917.612.53.6
Feb30° / 22°12917.112.33.6
Mar30° / 22°18123.312.13.5
Apr29° / 21°10715.511.84.7
May29° / 19°173.411.56.3
Jun29° / 18°30.511.47.1
Jul28° / 17°20.311.57.2
Aug30° / 18°20.711.76.4
Sep31° / 19°4111.95.5
Oct32° / 20°133.112.24.7
Nov33° / 21°42812.53.9
Dec32° / 22°11216.512.63.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26832
36931
46931
57030
67030
77228
87228
97228
107228
117426
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nachingwea gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
123
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419
518
617
716
815
915
1014
1113
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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 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 43% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
114215618
214235616
315245614
416255513
516275412
617295310
71730539
81832518
92934497
102935486
1121037465
1221238444
1321339433
1431440413
1531541402
1631642382
1731643372
1831744351
1931844341
2031945321
2132046311
2242046291
2342146281
2442247270
2552347250
2652447240
2762447220
2872547200
2982647190
3092747170
31102946150

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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68calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 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 6:33 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:336:11
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311.66:336:11
411.66:336:10
511.66:346:10
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nachingwea

In seasonPeak

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

Nachingwea'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 Nachingwea?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nachingwea for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nachingwea in May

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

In May, Nachingwea sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nachingwea 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 Nachingwea peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 11UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Nachingwea 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 Nachingwea is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (May, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 2418 µg/m³May 1510 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun12Good
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nachingwea?

Nachingwea sits at 10.4°S, 38.8°E, 427 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lukuledi, 22 km away.

LuchinguNewala

Topography around Nachingwea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nachingwea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 427 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 870 m.

The land around Nachingwea is covered by shrubs (26%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), trees (23%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
440 m
80 km
870 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Lukuledi 22 km · Masasi 38 km · Ruangwa 39 km · Nanganga 42 km · Nyangao 57 km · Nangomba 65 km · Luchingu 86 km · Newala 86 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 Nachingwea (-10.3725°, 38.7625°, elevation 427 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).