Mahembe Weather in May
Mahembe in May
The short of it: Mahembe in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 105 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 105 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Mahembe an average May high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 105 mm of rain. Mahembe's coldest stretch of the year, 22° by day and 13° by night. Wet spells are common — about 105 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Mahembe runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Gihombo, 7 km to the WNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Mahembe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 79 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GihomboWestern Province | 7 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 114 mm |
| KarambiWestern Province | 10 km SSW | 22° | 13° | 116 mm |
| KirimbiWestern Province | 11 km WSW | 23° | 14° | 97 mm |
| MacubaWestern Province | 13 km WSW | 23° | 14° | 101 mm |
| GitesiWestern Province | 18 km NE | 24° | 14° | 88 mm |
| KiramboWestern Province | 19 km WSW | 23° | 14° | 89 mm |
| CyatoWestern Province | 20 km SW | 22° | 13° | 108 mm |
| KibuyeWestern Province | 21 km NNE | 25° | 15° | 82 mm |