Mantsonyane Weather in May
Mantsonyane in May
The short of it: Mantsonyane in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 10 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 0° · rain 20 mm · daylight 10 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & October
May in Mantsonyane brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 0°, with about 20 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 0°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 39 min in mid-May, 45 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and October.
Against its neighbours, Mantsonyane runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Marakabeis, 12 km to the W, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Mantsonyane, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 28 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarakabeisThaba-Tseka | 12 km W | 17° | 2° | 19 mm |
| MohaleThaba-Tseka | 21 km WNW | 16° | 1° | 24 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 30 km NE | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 33 km E | 16° | 2° | 14 mm |
| SeshoteLeribe | 40 km NE | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| SemonkongMaseru District | 40 km SSW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| NazarethMaseru District | 47 km WNW | 19° | 3° | 23 mm |
| RamabantaMaseru District | 49 km WSW | 19° | 4° | 20 mm |