Kataba Weather in May
Kataba in May
The short of it: Kataba in May averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 11 h 34 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 14° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 11 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Kataba brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 14°, with about 3.0 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 27°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 34 min in mid-May, 17 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, Kataba runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Samfya, 63 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Kataba, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 33 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SamfyaLuapula Province | 63 km NNW | 27° | 14° | 3.0 mm |
| LubweLuapula Province | 87 km N | 27° | 14° | 4.0 mm |
| ChilubiNorthern Province | 87 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 4.0 mm |
| MansaLuapula Province | 123 km NW | 28° | 13° | 4.0 mm |
| SerenjeCentral Province | 158 km SSE | 25° | 11° | 4.0 mm |
| MokamboHaut-Katanga | 167 km WSW | 26° | 9° | 3.0 mm |
| MapaloCopperbelt | 168 km SW | 27° | 11° | 3.0 mm |
| NdolaCopperbelt | 173 km SW | 28° | 11° | 4.0 mm |