Mokhotlong Weather in May
Mokhotlong in May
The short of it: Mokhotlong in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 10 mm · daylight 10 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
May in Mokhotlong brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 3°, with about 10 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 40 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 April.
Against its neighbours, Mokhotlong runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mapholaneng, 22 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Mokhotlong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapholanengMokhotlong District | 22 km WNW | 15° | 2° | 12 mm |
| SeshoteLeribe | 50 km W | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 51 km WSW | 16° | 2° | 14 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 57 km W | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| Lejone00 | 60 km WNW | 14° | 1° | 21 mm |
| SehonghongThaba-Tseka | 60 km SSW | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |
| Sehlabathebe00 | 65 km S | 15° | 2° | 10 mm |
| HimevilleKwaZulu-Natal | 67 km SE | 20° | 5° | 18 mm |