Tsumeb Weather in May
Tsumeb in May
The short of it: Tsumeb in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 11 h 13 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 28° · low 11° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 11 h 13 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Tsumeb an average May high of 28°, a low of 11° and some 2.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 28°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 13 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, Tsumeb runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Grootfontein, 54 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Tsumeb, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 44 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrootfonteinOtjozondjupa Region | 54 km SE | 27° | 10° | 3.0 mm |
| OtaviOtjozondjupa Region | 58 km SW | 27° | 9° | 2.0 mm |
| TsintsabisOshikoto Region | 59 km NNE | 29° | 11° | 2.0 mm |
| OshiveloOshikoto Region | 90 km NW | 29° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| OtjituuoOtjozondjupa Region | 102 km ESE | 28° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| OkakararaOtjozondjupa Region | 151 km S | 27° | 9° | 4.0 mm |
| OmuthiyaOshikoto Region | 154 km NW | 30° | 12° | 3.0 mm |
| OtjiwarongoOtjozondjupa Region | 175 km SW | 27° | 9° | 3.0 mm |