Urambo weather in May

In May, Urambo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 24 mm of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 36% 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 Urambo's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urambo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
3.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:55 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

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 Urambo 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 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than 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 Urambo

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.

Urambo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°14820.912.34.7
Feb28° / 19°11416.712.24.6
Mar28° / 19°14418.1124.8
Apr28° / 19°11014.311.95.5
May29° / 19°243.711.86.5
Jun29° / 18°10.211.76.7
Jul29° / 17°0011.76.8
Aug31° / 19°10.211.86.0
Sep32° / 20°20.6125.1
Oct32° / 21°223.612.14.4
Nov30° / 20°11013.212.24.5
Dec28° / 19°1652112.34.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% 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 (%)
14951
24951
35149
45248
55248
65248
75347
85446
95545
105644
115644
125743
135842
146040
156040
166139
176139
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196337
206436
216535
226535
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296931
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316931

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Urambo gets around 24 mm of rain over 3.7 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 12% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
226
325
424
523
622
721
819
918
1017
1116
1214
1313
1412
1511
1610
179
188
198
207
216
225
235
244
254
263
273
283
292
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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11215127
22225026
32235124
42245123
53255121
63275020
74284919
84304817
95324716
105344615
116374413
127394212
138424011
149453710
151047359
161149328
171251307
181354276
191455256
201657225
211858204
222058184
232258173
242458153
252757142
262956132
273255121
283553111
293851101
30414991
31444780

Wind in May

Winds average 9 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
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
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279calm
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309calm
319calm

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 6:54 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:546:44
211.86:546:43
311.86:546:43
411.86:546:43
511.86:546:43
611.86:546:43
711.86:546:42
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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 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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65.6Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Urambo

In seasonPeak

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

Urambo'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 Urambo?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Urambo in May

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

In May, Urambo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Urambo 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 Urambo peaks around February 22 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 22UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Urambo 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 Urambo is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (May, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1018 µg/m³May 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr7Good
May6Good
Jun11Good
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Urambo?

Urambo sits at 5.1°S, 32.0°E, 1,104 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mabama, 54 km away.

TumbiTaboraSikongeNgurukaKahamaNzegaMasumbwe

Topography around Urambo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urambo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 1,109 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 351 m.

The land around Urambo is covered by cropland (40%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), trees (31%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
351 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Mabama 54 km · Tumbi 76 km · Tabora 86 km · Sikonge 101 km · Nguruka 112 km · Kahama 150 km · Nzega 157 km · Masumbwe 160 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 Urambo (-5.0667°, 32.05°, elevation 1,104 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).