Keetmanshoop Weather in May
Keetmanshoop in May
The short of it: Keetmanshoop in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 10 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 11° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 10 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Keetmanshoop an average May high of 27°, a low of 11° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 50 min in mid-May, 40 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 June and July.
Against its neighbours, Keetmanshoop runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Berseba, 74 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Keetmanshoop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 11 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BersebaKaras Region | 74 km NNW | 27° | 10° | 2.0 mm |
| TsesKaras Region | 77 km N | 27° | 10° | 3.0 mm |
| BethanieKaras Region | 97 km W | 24° | 9° | 2.0 mm |
| KoësKaras Region | 122 km NE | 26° | 8° | 4.0 mm |
| GrünauKaras Region | 131 km S | 24° | 8° | 4.0 mm |
| AroabKaras Region | 153 km E | 25° | 8° | 6.0 mm |
| GibeonHardap Region | 166 km NNW | 26° | 9° | 3.0 mm |
| KarasburgKaras Region | 171 km SSE | 25° | 7° | 3.0 mm |