Maputsoe Weather in May
Maputsoe in May
The short of it: Maputsoe in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 42 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 2° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Maputsoe an average May high of 20°, a low of 2° and some 18 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 2°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 42 min in mid-May, 44 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, Maputsoe runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ficksburg, 3 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Maputsoe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 33 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FicksburgFree State | 3 km NW | 19° | 2° | 18 mm |
| HlotseLeribe | 14 km E | 20° | 3° | 18 mm |
| PekaLeribe | 16 km SW | 19° | 2° | 20 mm |
| Kolonyama00 | 26 km SW | 19° | 3° | 20 mm |
| MapotengBerea | 26 km SSE | 20° | 4° | 20 mm |
| Mamathes00 | 27 km SSW | 20° | 3° | 20 mm |
| HlohlolwaneFree State | 32 km W | 20° | 2° | 21 mm |
| TeyateyanengBerea | 32 km SSW | 19° | 3° | 19 mm |