Kilwa Masoko Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kilwa Masoko, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 29°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 91 mm over about 15 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: 29°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 91 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CMay 11, 2003
Reanalysis low: 18°CMay 25, 2004
Daylight: 11 h 48 min to 11 h 39 min
Cloud cover: 45%
Humidity: 83%
Dew point: 22°C
Wind: 10.4 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	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	20°C 2005	67%
May 2	29°C	23°C	32°C 2003	20°C 2005	66%
May 3	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	20°C 2007	64%
May 4	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	20°C 1997	64%
May 5	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1997	64%
May 6	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1997	62%
May 7	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	19°C 2016	61%
May 8	29°C	23°C	33°C 2003	18°C 1997	59%
May 9	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1997	57%
May 10	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1997	55%
May 11	29°C	22°C	34°C 2003	19°C 1997	53%
May 12	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	21°C 2002	50%
May 13	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 2002	49%
May 14	29°C	22°C	32°C 2003	19°C 2002	48%
May 15	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 2009	49%
May 16	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 2020	49%
May 17	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1993	49%
May 18	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	18°C 1993	48%
May 19	29°C	22°C	33°C 2003	19°C 1997	45%
May 20	29°C	22°C	32°C 2003	19°C 2016	43%
May 21	29°C	22°C	32°C 1998	19°C 2004	41%
May 22	29°C	22°C	32°C 2000	19°C 2008	39%
May 23	29°C	22°C	32°C 2003	19°C 2016	38%
May 24	29°C	22°C	32°C 2003	18°C 2016	37%
May 25	29°C	22°C	32°C 2003	18°C 2004	36%
May 26	29°C	22°C	32°C 1998	19°C 2016	36%
May 27	29°C	22°C	32°C 2000	19°C 2016	35%
May 28	29°C	21°C	31°C 2003	19°C 2016	34%
May 29	29°C	21°C	31°C 2001	18°C 2004	32%
May 30	29°C	21°C	31°C 1998	20°C 2000	28%
May 31	29°C	21°C	31°C 1998	18°C 2006	26%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1: sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:13 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 6:09 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.