Katutura Weather in May
Katutura in May
The short of it: Katutura in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 5.0 mm (0.20 in) of rain and about 11 h 3 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 9° · rain 5.0 mm · daylight 11 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Katutura an average May high of 25°, a low of 9° and some 5.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 5.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 3 min in mid-May, 33 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, Katutura runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Windhoek, 5 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Katutura, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 29 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WindhoekKhomas Region | 5 km SSE | 25° | 9° | 5.0 mm |
| Groot AubKhomas Region | 48 km SSE | 24° | 8° | 5.0 mm |
| OkahandjaOtjozondjupa Region | 62 km NNW | 26° | 9° | 4.0 mm |
| RehobothHardap Region | 88 km S | 25° | 8° | 2.0 mm |
| OtjimbingweErongo Region | 98 km W | 29° | 12° | 2.0 mm |
| OmitaraOmaheke Region | 101 km ENE | 25° | 7° | 7.0 mm |
| KaribibErongo Region | 140 km WNW | 28° | 11° | 2.0 mm |
| WitvleiOmaheke Region | 148 km E | 26° | 7° | 6.0 mm |