Curepipe Weather in May
Curepipe in May
The short of it: Curepipe in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 128 mm (5.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 10 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 18° · rain 128 mm · daylight 11 h 10 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
Thirty years of records give Curepipe an average May high of 24°, a low of 18° and some 128 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 128 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 10 min in mid-May, 29 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Curepipe runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Vacoas, 5 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Curepipe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 34 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 10 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VacoasPlaines Wilhems | 5 km WNW | 25° | 18° | 116 mm |
| Nouvelle FranceGrand Port | 7 km SSE | 24° | 18° | 148 mm |
| Quatre BornesPlaines Wilhems | 8 km NW | 26° | 19° | 115 mm |
| DagotièreMoka | 9 km NNE | 25° | 18° | 131 mm |
| Saint PierreMoka | 11 km N | 25° | 19° | 122 mm |
| Quartier MilitaireMoka | 11 km NE | 24° | 18° | 143 mm |
| MokaMoka | 11 km N | 25° | 19° | 122 mm |
| Beau Bassin-Rose HillPlaines Wilhems | 11 km NW | 26° | 19° | 116 mm |