Thaba-Tseka Weather in May
Thaba-Tseka in May
The short of it: Thaba-Tseka in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 10 h 39 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 2° · rain 14 mm · daylight 10 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Thaba-Tseka an average May high of 16°, a low of 2° and some 14 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 39 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, Thaba-Tseka runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Katse, 24 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Thaba-Tseka, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 25 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 24 km NNW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| SeshoteLeribe | 28 km NNW | 16° | 1° | 19 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 33 km W | 15° | 0° | 20 mm |
| SehonghongThaba-Tseka | 34 km SSE | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |
| MapholanengMokhotlong District | 44 km NE | 15° | 2° | 12 mm |
| MarakabeisThaba-Tseka | 45 km W | 17° | 2° | 19 mm |
| Lejone00 | 47 km NNW | 14° | 1° | 21 mm |
| MokhotlongMokhotlong District | 51 km ENE | 16° | 3° | 10 mm |