Good Hope Weather in May
Good Hope in May
The short of it: Good Hope in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 6 °C (44 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 10 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 6° · rain 12 mm · daylight 10 h 53 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
May in Good Hope brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 6°, with about 12 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 53 min in mid-May, 38 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Good Hope runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Janeng, 12 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Good Hope, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 24 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JanengSouth-East | 12 km ENE | 24° | 6° | 11 mm |
| TlhareseleleNgwaketsi | 20 km ESE | 23° | 6° | 12 mm |
| MmatheteNgwaketsi | 24 km NW | 25° | 7° | 10 mm |
| LobatseLobatse | 36 km NE | 23° | 6° | 11 mm |
| LotlhakaneNgwaketsi | 42 km N | 24° | 7° | 10 mm |
| KgomokasitwaNgwaketsi | 46 km NNE | 24° | 6° | 10 mm |
| MmabathoNorth West | 47 km SSE | 24° | 6° | 15 mm |
| MafikengNorth West | 49 km SSE | 24° | 6° | 15 mm |