14-day forecast — Zanzibar Updated hourly
Tue · Today · 21 Jul
Showers
+27°
+22°
0,5 mm
Wed · Tomorrow · 22 Jul
Showers
+28°
+23°
2,3 mm
Thursday · 23 Jul
Showers
+28°
+22°
0,6 mm
Friday · 24 Jul
Clear
+28°
+22°
0,4 mm
Saturday · 25 Jul
Showers
+28°
+22°
2,9 mm
Sunday · 26 Jul
Showers
+27°
+23°
2,3 mm
Monday · 27 Jul
Clear
+28°
+22°
2,0 mm
Tuesday · 28 Jul
Clear
+28°
+22°
1,8 mm
Wednesday · 29 Jul
Showers
+28°
+22°
2,3 mm
Thursday · 30 Jul
Showers
+28°
+22°
6,0 mm
Friday · 31 Jul
Showers
+28°
+22°
2,2 mm
Saturday · 1 Aug
Showers
+28°
+22°
1,3 mm
Sunday · 2 Aug
Clear
+28°
+22°
1,0 mm
Monday · 3 Aug
Showers
+28°
+23°
1,9 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 15)
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.