Lichinga Weather in May
Lichinga in May
The short of it: Lichinga in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 11 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 10 mm · daylight 11 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Lichinga an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 10 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 10 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Lichinga runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sanga, 50 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Lichinga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 47 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SangaNiassa Province | 50 km NNW | 23° | 13° | 14 mm |
| MetangulaNiassa Province | 83 km NW | 27° | 19° | 9.0 mm |
| Monkey BaySouthern Region | 92 km SSW | 26° | 17° | 3.0 mm |
| SalimaCentral Region | 99 km WSW | 28° | 17° | 4.0 mm |
| ChipokaCentral Region | 109 km SW | 28° | 17° | 2.0 mm |
| NkhotakotaCentral Region | 111 km WNW | 27° | 18° | 15 mm |
| MandimbaNiassa Province | 124 km SSE | 27° | 15° | 6.0 mm |
| MangochiSouthern Region | 130 km S | 28° | 16° | 3.0 mm |