Maputo Weather in May
Maputo in May
The short of it: Maputo in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 10 h 52 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 28° · low 16° · rain 24 mm · daylight 10 h 52 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Maputo an average May high of 28°, a low of 16° and some 24 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 24 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 52 min in mid-May, 39 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, Maputo runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Matola, 12 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Maputo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MatolaMaputo Province | 12 km W | 28° | 16° | 19 mm |
| BoaneMaputo Province | 27 km WSW | 29° | 15° | 22 mm |
| MarracueneMaputo Province | 27 km NNE | 28° | 16° | 29 mm |
| Bela VistaMaputo Province | 43 km SSE | 27° | 15° | 30 mm |
| MoambaMaputo Province | 53 km NW | 29° | 14° | 20 mm |
| NamaachaMaputo Province | 56 km W | 26° | 13° | 23 mm |
| ManhiçaMaputo Province | 67 km NNE | 28° | 15° | 36 mm |
| VuvulaneLubombo Region | 72 km W | 27° | 14° | 17 mm |