Monkey Bay Weather in May
Monkey Bay in May
The short of it: Monkey Bay in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 28 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 26° · low 17° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 28 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Monkey Bay an average May high of 26°, a low of 17° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 28 min in mid-May, 20 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, Monkey Bay runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Chipoka, 44 km to the WNW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Monkey Bay, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChipokaCentral Region | 44 km WNW | 28° | 17° | 2.0 mm |
| MangochiSouthern Region | 58 km SE | 28° | 16° | 3.0 mm |
| SalimaCentral Region | 60 km NW | 28° | 17° | 4.0 mm |
| DedzaCentral Region | 71 km WSW | 22° | 11° | 7.0 mm |
| MandimbaNiassa Province | 85 km ESE | 27° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| NtcheuCentral Region | 87 km SSW | 25° | 14° | 5.0 mm |
| LichingaNiassa Province | 92 km NNE | 23° | 13° | 10 mm |
| UlonguéTete | 93 km SW | 24° | 12° | 7.0 mm |