Ruaha Weather in May
Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 25°C on May 31, and lows from 18°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 16 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
- 25°C
- Average low
- 17°C
- Precipitation
- 93 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 30°CMay 13, 2003
- Reanalysis low
- 12°CMay 17, 1998
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 11 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 18°C
- Wind
- 4.3 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 | 26°C | 18°C | 28°C 2019 | 15°C 2004 | 74% |
| May 2 | 26°C | 18°C | 28°C 2003 | 16°C 1996 | 72% |
| May 3 | 26°C | 18°C | 28°C 2001 | 15°C 2002 | 70% |
| May 4 | 26°C | 18°C | 29°C 1992 | 14°C 2008 | 68% |
| May 5 | 26°C | 18°C | 29°C 2001 | 15°C 2004 | 67% |
| May 6 | 25°C | 18°C | 29°C 2001 | 14°C 1997 | 66% |
| May 7 | 25°C | 18°C | 29°C 2001 | 13°C 1997 | 66% |
| May 8 | 25°C | 18°C | 29°C 2001 | 13°C 1997 | 63% |
| May 9 | 25°C | 18°C | 28°C 2001 | 14°C 1997 | 61% |
| May 10 | 25°C | 18°C | 29°C 2003 | 15°C 2016 | 58% |
| May 11 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2003 | 14°C 1997 | 55% |
| May 12 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2003 | 15°C 2004 | 52% |
| May 13 | 25°C | 17°C | 30°C 2003 | 14°C 1993 | 50% |
| May 14 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2003 | 15°C 2009 | 49% |
| May 15 | 25°C | 17°C | 28°C 2002 | 13°C 2009 | 49% |
| May 16 | 25°C | 17°C | 28°C 2003 | 14°C 2009 | 48% |
| May 17 | 25°C | 17°C | 28°C 2003 | 12°C 1998 | 48% |
| May 18 | 25°C | 17°C | 28°C 2003 | 12°C 1998 | 48% |
| May 19 | 25°C | 17°C | 28°C 2003 | 13°C 1997 | 46% |
| May 20 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 12°C 1997 | 44% |
| May 21 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 14°C 2016 | 43% |
| May 22 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 14°C 2004 | 40% |
| May 23 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 14°C 2016 | 40% |
| May 24 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2001 | 13°C 1995 | 40% |
| May 25 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2002 | 14°C 2009 | 39% |
| May 26 | 25°C | 17°C | 29°C 2003 | 13°C 2004 | 39% |
| May 27 | 25°C | 17°C | 30°C 2003 | 13°C 2016 | 38% |
| May 28 | 25°C | 16°C | 29°C 2003 | 12°C 1998 | 37% |
| May 29 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 2015 | 13°C 1998 | 36% |
| May 30 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 2002 | 13°C 1998 | 33% |
| May 31 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 2002 | 12°C 2006 | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 6:21 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.