Mapoteng Weather in May
Mapoteng in May
The short of it: Mapoteng in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 10 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 4° · rain 20 mm · daylight 10 h 41 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mapoteng an average May high of 20°, a low of 4° and some 20 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 4°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 8th 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 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Mapoteng runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Mamathes, 14 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Mapoteng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 35 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h