Phalombe Weather in May
Phalombe in May
The short of it: Phalombe in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 22 mm (0.87 in) of rain and about 11 h 23 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 14° · rain 22 mm · daylight 11 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Phalombe an average May high of 25°, a low of 14° and some 22 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 22 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 23 min in mid-May, 22 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, Phalombe runs about middling and about as wet in May. Mulanje, 30 km to the SSW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Phalombe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 39 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MulanjeSouthern Region | 30 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 36 mm |
| MilangeZambezia Province | 35 km SSE | 26° | 14° | 47 mm |
| LuchenzaSouthern Region | 43 km WSW | 26° | 14° | 19 mm |
| ChiradzuluSouthern Region | 57 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 13 mm |
| ZombaSouthern Region | 59 km NW | 25° | 14° | 10 mm |
| ThyoloSouthern Region | 62 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 24 mm |
| BlantyreSouthern Region | 69 km W | 25° | 13° | 11 mm |
| InsacaNiassa Province | 72 km NNE | 27° | 16° | 9.0 mm |