Rumphi Weather in May
Rumphi in May
The short of it: Rumphi in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 11 h 37 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 14 mm · daylight 11 h 37 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Rumphi an average May high of 25°, a low of 14° and some 14 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 37 min in mid-May, 15 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, Rumphi runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Mzuzu, 53 km to the SSE, is 3° cooler by day.
May in Rumphi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 38 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MzuzuNorthern Region | 53 km SSE | 22° | 12° | 50 mm |
| LivingstoniaNorthern Region | 53 km NNE | 23° | 15° | 67 mm |
| ChamaMuchinga | 80 km WSW | 27° | 16° | 6.0 mm |
| Nkhata BayNorthern Region | 81 km SE | 26° | 18° | 99 mm |
| LiuliRuvuma | 85 km E | 27° | 18° | 48 mm |
| MandaNjombe | 100 km NE | 27° | 20° | 26 mm |
| MzimbaNorthern Region | 102 km SSW | 25° | 13° | 7.0 mm |
| Mbamba BayRuvuma | 103 km ESE | 27° | 19° | 38 mm |