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Mount Kilimanjaro in May
ok · worth considering
The year in Mount Kilimanjaro
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- MarMMount Kilimanjaro in March: good
- AprAMount Kilimanjaro in April: avoid
- MayMMount Kilimanjaro in May: ok
- JunJMount Kilimanjaro in June: sweet spot
- JulJMount Kilimanjaro in July: good
- AugAMount Kilimanjaro in August: good, busy
- SepSMount Kilimanjaro in September: sweet spot
- OctOMount Kilimanjaro in October: sweet spot
- NovNMount Kilimanjaro in November: sweet spot
- DecDMount Kilimanjaro in December: good, busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 25°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 18°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 27°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 11 · 125 mm |
| Humidity | 78% |
| Sunshine | 8.4 h/day |
| Daylight | 12.0 h/day |
| Hiking | 17 of 31 days dry and 10–27 °C fair |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Moshi, where the climbs start, 31 km from the airport (JRO): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in May
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Mount Kilimanjaro in pictures
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What to pack
- A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 8 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type G plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Tanzanian shilling. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 3: Reconsider Travel. Everything for Tanzania: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Mount Kilimanjaro: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
May elsewhere
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