Mapholaneng Weather in May
Mapholaneng in May
The short of it: Mapholaneng in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 2° · rain 12 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Mapholaneng an average May high of 15°, a low of 2° and some 12 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 41 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Mapholaneng runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Mokhotlong, 22 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Mapholaneng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 33 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MokhotlongMokhotlong District | 22 km ESE | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |
| SeshoteLeribe | 32 km WSW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Lejone00 | 38 km WNW | 14° | 1° | 21 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 41 km WSW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 44 km SW | 16° | 2° | 14 mm |
| SehonghongThaba-Tseka | 65 km S | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |
| PitsengLeribe | 67 km WNW | 19° | 3° | 21 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 69 km WSW | 15° | 0° | 20 mm |