Gwanda Weather in May
Gwanda in May
The short of it: Gwanda in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 8 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 25° · low 8° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Gwanda an average May high of 25°, a low of 8° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 8 min in mid-May, 30 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, Gwanda runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Filabusi, 53 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gwanda, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 16 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FilabusiMatabeleland South Province | 53 km NNE | 25° | 8° | 5.0 mm |
| EsigodiniMatabeleland South Province | 72 km N | 25° | 8° | 6.0 mm |
| BulawayoBulawayo | 98 km NNW | 25° | 9° | 6.0 mm |
| GobojangoCentral | 104 km SSW | 28° | 10° | 4.0 mm |
| BobonongCentral | 129 km SSW | 29° | 10° | 3.0 mm |
| ZvishavaneMasvingo Province | 129 km ENE | 27° | 11° | 9.0 mm |
| InsizaMatabeleland South Province | 130 km N | 24° | 7° | 6.0 mm |
| ShanganiMidlands Province | 134 km NNE | 24° | 7° | 7.0 mm |