Otavi Weather in May
Otavi in May
The short of it: Otavi in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 11 h 12 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 9° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 11 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Otavi an average May high of 27°, a low of 9° and some 2.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 12 min in mid-May, 28 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, Otavi runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Tsumeb, 58 km to the NE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Otavi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 40 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TsumebOshikoto Region | 58 km NE | 28° | 11° | 2.0 mm |
| GrootfonteinOtjozondjupa Region | 80 km E | 27° | 10° | 3.0 mm |
| OkakararaOtjozondjupa Region | 106 km S | 27° | 9° | 4.0 mm |
| OshiveloOshikoto Region | 115 km N | 29° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| TsintsabisOshikoto Region | 117 km NE | 29° | 11° | 2.0 mm |
| OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa Region | 117 km SW | 27° | 9° | 3.0 mm |
| OtjituuoOtjozondjupa Region | 131 km E | 28° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| OutjoKunene Region | 135 km WSW | 28° | 10° | 2.0 mm |