Gaborone Weather in May
Gaborone in May
The short of it: Gaborone in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 9.0 mm (0.35 in) of rain and about 10 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 9° · rain 9.0 mm · daylight 10 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gaborone an average May high of 26°, a low of 9° and some 9.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 9.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 56 min in mid-May, 37 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 25° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 26° | 8° | 10 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 26° | 8° | 9.0 mm |