Tarawa Weather in May
Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 28°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 118 mm over about 19 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 28°C
- Precipitation
- 118 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 30°CMay 28, 2002
- Reanalysis low
- 26°CMay 7, 1999
- Daylight
- 12 h 10 min to 12 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 25°C
- Wind
- 16.9 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 27°C 1999 | 72% |
| May 2 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1991 | 26°C 2000 | 72% |
| May 3 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2004 | 26°C 2000 | 72% |
| May 4 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2004 | 26°C 2000 | 71% |
| May 5 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2015 | 26°C 2000 | 70% |
| May 6 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2015 | 26°C 1999 | 68% |
| May 7 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1998 | 26°C 1999 | 68% |
| May 8 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2002 | 26°C 1996 | 66% |
| May 9 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2002 | 26°C 1999 | 64% |
| May 10 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2002 | 26°C 2011 | 63% |
| May 11 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2014 | 26°C 2011 | 62% |
| May 12 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2003 | 27°C 1993 | 61% |
| May 13 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2014 | 26°C 1993 | 60% |
| May 14 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2003 | 27°C 1999 | 59% |
| May 15 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2015 | 26°C 1999 | 59% |
| May 16 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 27°C 1997 | 59% |
| May 17 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 27°C 1999 | 58% |
| May 18 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 26°C 2008 | 57% |
| May 19 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2015 | 26°C 2008 | 57% |
| May 20 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2010 | 26°C 2008 | 56% |
| May 21 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2015 | 26°C 2008 | 56% |
| May 22 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2014 | 26°C 2000 | 55% |
| May 23 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2014 | 27°C 1993 | 56% |
| May 24 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1991 | 27°C 2019 | 57% |
| May 25 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1991 | 27°C 2000 | 57% |
| May 26 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2010 | 27°C 1999 | 57% |
| May 27 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1991 | 26°C 1999 | 57% |
| May 28 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2002 | 26°C 1999 | 58% |
| May 29 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 1991 | 27°C 1997 | 59% |
| May 30 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1991 | 27°C 1999 | 60% |
| May 31 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 26°C 2008 | 60% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 6:30 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 6:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.