Otse Weather in May
Otse in May
The short of it: Otse in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 55 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 7° · rain 10 mm · daylight 10 h 55 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Otse an average May high of 24°, a low of 7° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 7°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 55 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Otse runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Ramotswa Station/Taung, 7 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Otse, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 55 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramotswa Station/TaungSouth-East | 7 km NW | 25° | 7° | 9.0 mm |
| KgomokasitwaNgwaketsi | 14 km SW | 24° | 6° | 10 mm |
| RamotswaSouth-East | 21 km NE | 25° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| LobatseLobatse | 24 km SSW | 23° | 6° | 11 mm |
| LotlhakaneNgwaketsi | 29 km WSW | 24° | 7° | 10 mm |
| ManyanaNgwaketsi | 31 km NNW | 25° | 8° | 8.0 mm |
| MmankgodiKweneng | 33 km NNW | 25° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 39 km N | 25° | 8° | 9.0 mm |