Lobatse Weather in May
Lobatse in May
The short of it: Lobatse in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 11 mm (0.43 in) of rain and about 10 h 54 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 23° · low 6° · rain 11 mm · daylight 10 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Lobatse an average May high of 23°, a low of 6° and some 11 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 6°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 11 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 54 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, Lobatse runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kgomokasitwa, 16 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Lobatse, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KgomokasitwaNgwaketsi | 16 km NNW | 24° | 6° | 10 mm |
| OtseSouth-East | 24 km NNE | 24° | 7° | 10 mm |
| JanengSouth-East | 25 km SSW | 24° | 6° | 11 mm |
| LotlhakaneNgwaketsi | 27 km NW | 24° | 7° | 10 mm |
| Ramotswa Station/TaungSouth-East | 27 km N | 25° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| TlhareseleleNgwaketsi | 32 km S | 23° | 6° | 12 mm |
| Good HopeNgwaketsi | 36 km SW | 24° | 6° | 12 mm |
| LehurutsheNorth West | 41 km SE | 23° | 6° | 12 mm |