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Arusha in May

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Arusha is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.May in Arusha is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 57% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is May a good time to visit Arusha?

A good month, just outside Arusha's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in May, against 74°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 23°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

57% of days in May, against 10% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in May, against 43% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in May, against 11h 56m to 12h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April79°26°low 62°low 17°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. May76°24°low 60°low 16°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June75°24°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Arusha sits, in May

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:30 AMsets 6:28 PM
Above the sea
1,400 mupland
Latitude
3.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Magara110 km west

The land around Arusha, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Arusha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Arusha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.