Mponela Weather in May
Mponela in May
The short of it: Mponela in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °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 July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Mponela an average May high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Mponela runs about middling and drier than most in May. Ntchisi, 19 km to the E, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Mponela, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 22 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- 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 | 19 km E | 23° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| ChipeniCentral Region | 23 km NE | 24° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| DowaCentral Region | 25 km ESE | 24° | 12° | 5.0 mm |
| LilongweCentral Region | 49 km S | 26° | 12° | 4.0 mm |
| KasunguCentral Region | 62 km NNW | 26° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| SalimaCentral Region | 83 km ESE | 28° | 17° | 4.0 mm |
| NkhotakotaCentral Region | 90 km NE | 27° | 18° | 15 mm |
| MchinjiCentral Region | 97 km WSW | 26° | 12° | 5.0 mm |