Big Bend Weather in May
Big Bend in May
The short of it: Big Bend in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 10 h 49 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 27° · low 13° · rain 14 mm · daylight 10 h 49 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Big Bend brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 13°, with about 14 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 49 min in mid-May, 40 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, Big Bend runs about middling and drier than most in May. Nsoko, 27 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Big Bend, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 23 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 4 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NsokoLubombo Region | 27 km S | 27° | 13° | 14 mm |
| SitekiLubombo Region | 38 km N | 25° | 13° | 21 mm |
| IngwavumaKwaZulu-Natal | 39 km S | 25° | 13° | 20 mm |
| KubutaShiselweni | 46 km WSW | 26° | 13° | 20 mm |
| SidvokodvoManzini Region | 54 km WNW | 27° | 13° | 14 mm |
| LavumisaShiselweni | 58 km S | 27° | 13° | 15 mm |
| HlutiShiselweni | 59 km SW | 26° | 12° | 19 mm |
| ManziniManzini Region | 64 km WNW | 27° | 13° | 19 mm |