Chipeni Weather in May
Chipeni in May
The short of it: Chipeni in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Chipeni an average May high of 24°, a low of 12° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 30 min in mid-May, 19 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Chipeni runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Ntchisi, 14 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chipeni, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 23 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NtchisiCentral Region | 14 km S | 23° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| MponelaCentral Region | 23 km SW | 25° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| DowaCentral Region | 28 km S | 24° | 12° | 5.0 mm |
| KasunguCentral Region | 62 km NW | 26° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| LilongweCentral Region | 64 km SSW | 26° | 12° | 4.0 mm |
| NkhotakotaCentral Region | 67 km NE | 27° | 18° | 15 mm |
| SalimaCentral Region | 73 km SE | 28° | 17° | 4.0 mm |
| ChipokaCentral Region | 93 km SE | 28° | 17° | 2.0 mm |