14-day forecast — Zanzibar Updated hourly
Sun · Today · 4 Oct
Clear
+31°
+23°
3,3 mm
Mon · Tomorrow · 5 Oct
Cloudy
+28°
+22°
0,7 mm
Tuesday · 6 Oct
Showers
+30°
+24°
4,0 mm
Wednesday · 7 Oct
Clear
+29°
+24°
2,0 mm
Thursday · 8 Oct
Showers
+29°
+23°
6,3 mm
Friday · 9 Oct
Showers
+29°
+24°
6,5 mm
Saturday · 10 Oct
Showers
+27°
+23°
25,2 mm
Sunday · 11 Oct
Cloudy
+29°
+24°
0,6 mm
Monday · 12 Oct
Clear
+30°
+23°
0,1 mm
Tuesday · 13 Oct
Clear
+30°
+23°
0,6 mm
Wednesday · 14 Oct
Clear
+29°
+23°
2,8 mm
Thursday · 15 Oct
Showers
+28°
+23°
1,2 mm
Friday · 16 Oct
Showers
+28°
+24°
8,6 mm
Saturday · 17 Oct
Showers
+27°
+23°
20,9 mm
About Zanzibar
Tropisk øy i Det indiske hav utenfor Tanzania — hvite strender.
Country Tanzania
Region Zanzibar
Continent Afrika
Time zone Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (+03:00)
Latitude -6.1659°
Longitude 39.2026°
Luftkvalitet Good (EAQI 18)
Climate in Zanzibar in may
Normals 8 years · best time to travel · Open-Meteo
Best time to travel to Zanzibar : january–december .
With good weather, may is a recommended month to visit.
Photo: Wikimedia
April
May
June
Average temperature
→ 26°C
26°C
▼ 25°C
Highest temperature
▼ 29°C
28°C
→ 28°C
Lowest temperature
▼ 25°C
24°C
▼ 23°C
Sea temperature
▼ 29,2°C
28,3°C
▼ 27,6°C
Precipitation
▼ 368 mm
182 mm
▼ 69 mm
Precipitation days
▼ 28 days
22 days
▼ 17 days
Humidity
▼ 87%
82%
▼ 79%
Sun hours per day
▲ 8,2 h
9,6 h
▲ 10,4 h
Cloud cover
▼ 31%
19%
▼ 11%
UV index (midday)
▼ 11
10
▼ 9
Day length
11:58
11:50
11:46
Our rating
Good
Good
Good
Temperature day by day in may average + moving average
24° 25° 26° 27° 28° 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Precipitation day by day in may mm
0 10 19.9 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
UV index day by day in may midday value, clear-sky
0 5.5 11 1 6 11 16 21 26 31
Climate normals calculated from Open-Meteo (ERA5 archive 8 years, sea temperature Marine API). UV estimated from solar elevation.
Other destinations in Afrika
Data source
Global weather models — international forecasts
The weather for Zanzibar is based on global weather models (ECMWF, GFS) and national meteorological institutes around the world. Forecasts are updated hourly; measurements every 15 minutes. For destinations with a large time difference from Norway, local time is shown above.