Gweru Weather in May
Gweru in May
The short of it: Gweru in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 7.0 mm (0.28 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 25° · low 9° · rain 7.0 mm · daylight 11 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Gweru an average May high of 25°, a low of 9° and some 7.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 7.0 mm, the 8th 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, Gweru runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Shurugwi, 32 km to the SE, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Gweru, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 21 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShurugwiMidlands Province | 32 km SE | 23° | 9° | 12 mm |
| LalapanziMidlands Province | 40 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 6.0 mm |
| RedcliffMidlands Province | 46 km N | 26° | 9° | 5.0 mm |
| KwekweMidlands Province | 58 km N | 26° | 10° | 6.0 mm |
| ShanganiMidlands Province | 60 km SW | 24° | 7° | 7.0 mm |
| InsizaMatabeleland South Province | 74 km WSW | 24° | 7° | 6.0 mm |
| MvumaMidlands Province | 77 km ENE | 24° | 8° | 4.0 mm |
| MashavaMasvingo Province | 95 km SE | 25° | 10° | 6.0 mm |