Moshi Weather in May
Moshi in May
The short of it: Moshi in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 108 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 108 mm · daylight 11 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Moshi an average May high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 108 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 108 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 58 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Moshi runs about middling and about as wet in May. Boma la Ngombe, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Moshi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 103 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boma la NgombeKilimanjaro | 20 km W | 25° | 17° | 134 mm |
| TavetaTaita Taveta | 39 km E | 28° | 19° | 72 mm |
| KingoriArusha | 40 km W | 23° | 16° | 206 mm |
| MerelaniArusha | 46 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 84 mm |
| TarakeaKilimanjaro | 47 km NNE | 22° | 14° | 81 mm |
| MbuguniArusha | 49 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 80 mm |
| IllasitKajiado County | 51 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 92 mm |
| OloitokitokKajiado County | 51 km NNE | 23° | 14° | 76 mm |