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Dongwe in May

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Dongwe is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 50 minutes.May in Dongwe is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 50 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 77% of days
Daylight
11h 50mon average

Is May a good time to visit Dongwe?

A good month, just outside Dongwe's best months, which run from July 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 84°F in May, against 83°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in May, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

77% of days in May, against 23% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in May, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 50m in May, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m 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. April86°30°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May84°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. June83°28°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Dongwe sits, in May

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:23 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)38 km west

The land around Dongwe, 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 Dongwe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dongwe. 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.