Sehlabathebe Weather in May
Sehlabathebe in May
The short of it: Sehlabathebe in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 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 10 mm · daylight 10 h 38 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Sehlabathebe an average May high of 15°, a low of 2° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 10 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 10 h 38 min in mid-May, 46 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, Sehlabathebe runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sehonghong, 27 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Sehlabathebe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 32 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SehonghongThaba-Tseka | 27 km WNW | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |
| UnderbergKwaZulu-Natal | 44 km ENE | 20° | 5° | 18 mm |
| Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District | 44 km SW | 18° | 5° | 11 mm |
| HimevilleKwaZulu-Natal | 47 km ENE | 20° | 5° | 18 mm |
| MalutiEastern Cape | 50 km SSW | 20° | 5° | 12 mm |
| CedarvilleKwaZulu-Natal | 57 km S | 20° | 5° | 16 mm |
| MatatieleKwaZulu-Natal | 57 km SSW | 20° | 5° | 13 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 58 km NW | 16° | 2° | 14 mm |