Pandamatenga Weather in May
Pandamatenga in May
The short of it: Pandamatenga in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 12° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Pandamatenga an average May high of 31°, a low of 12° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 15 min in mid-May, 27 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Pandamatenga runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Victoria Falls, 70 km to the NNE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Pandamatenga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 19°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria FallsMatabeleland North | 70 km NNE | 29° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| LivingstoneSouthern Province | 80 km NNE | 29° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| KazungulaSouthern Province | 90 km NNW | 31° | 13° | 3.0 mm |
| HwangeMatabeleland North | 94 km E | 29° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| KasaneChobe | 95 km NNW | 31° | 14° | 3.0 mm |
| KavimbaChobe | 121 km WNW | 30° | 13° | 3.0 mm |
| KachikauChobe | 125 km WNW | 30° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| DeteMatabeleland North | 131 km E | 27° | 9° | 4.0 mm |