Mphaki Weather in May
Mphaki in May
The short of it: Mphaki in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 18 mm (0.71 in) of rain and about 10 h 37 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 17° · low 3° · rain 18 mm · daylight 10 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mphaki an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 18 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 18 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 37 min in mid-May, 47 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, Mphaki runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Mount Moorosi, 26 km to the WSW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Mphaki, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount MoorosiQuthing | 26 km WSW | 19° | 5° | 18 mm |
| KetaneMohale's Hoek District | 29 km WNW | 18° | 4° | 16 mm |
| Sekake00 | 30 km NE | 17° | 4° | 13 mm |
| PhamongMohale's Hoek District | 32 km W | 19° | 5° | 18 mm |
| SemonkongMaseru District | 40 km N | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| QuthingQuthing | 47 km WSW | 19° | 5° | 21 mm |
| Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District | 55 km E | 18° | 5° | 11 mm |
| Mpharane00 | 59 km WNW | 18° | 4° | 22 mm |