Sehonghong Weather in May
Sehonghong in May
The short of it: Sehonghong in May averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 10 h 38 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 38 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Sehonghong an average May high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 10 mm of rain. 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 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 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and April.
Against its neighbours, Sehonghong runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sehlabathebe, 27 km to the ESE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Sehonghong, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 24 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sehlabathebe00 | 27 km ESE | 15° | 2° | 10 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 34 km NNW | 16° | 2° | 14 mm |
| Qacha’s NekQacha's Nek District | 39 km SSW | 18° | 5° | 11 mm |
| Sekake00 | 50 km WSW | 17° | 4° | 13 mm |
| MalutiEastern Cape | 54 km S | 20° | 5° | 12 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 58 km WNW | 15° | 0° | 20 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 58 km NNW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| MokhotlongMokhotlong District | 60 km NNE | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |