Mafeteng Weather in May
Mafeteng in May
The short of it: Mafeteng in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 3° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Mafeteng an average May high of 19°, a low of 3° and some 18 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 3°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Mafeteng runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Tsa Kholo, 19 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Mafeteng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 31 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsa Kholo00 | 19 km NNW | 20° | 3° | 18 mm |
| WepenerFree State | 22 km WNW | 20° | 3° | 16 mm |
| Thabana Morena00 | 23 km SE | 18° | 3° | 20 mm |
| Van StadensrusFree State | 28 km SW | 20° | 3° | 17 mm |
| Morunyaneng00 | 29 km E | 18° | 3° | 22 mm |
| MakhakheMafeteng District | 30 km ENE | 17° | 3° | 26 mm |
| HobhouseFree State | 34 km NNW | 20° | 3° | 20 mm |
| MorijaMaseru District | 34 km NE | 18° | 3° | 22 mm |