Machinga Weather in May
Machinga in May
The short of it: Machinga in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 9.0 mm (0.35 in) of rain and about 11 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 9.0 mm · daylight 11 h 25 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Machinga an average May high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 9.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 9.0 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 25 min in mid-May, 21 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Machinga runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Liwonde, 14 km to the NW, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Machinga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 36 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiwondeSouthern Region | 14 km NW | 28° | 16° | 6.0 mm |
| ZombaSouthern Region | 24 km S | 25° | 14° | 10 mm |
| BalakaSouthern Region | 43 km WNW | 27° | 15° | 5.0 mm |
| ChiradzuluSouthern Region | 59 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 13 mm |
| InsacaNiassa Province | 61 km E | 27° | 16° | 9.0 mm |
| BlantyreSouthern Region | 75 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 11 mm |
| MangochiSouthern Region | 77 km N | 28° | 16° | 3.0 mm |
| PhalombeSouthern Region | 80 km SSE | 25° | 14° | 22 mm |