Harare Weather in May
Harare in May
The short of it: Harare in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 9.0 mm (0.35 in) of rain and about 11 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 10° · rain 9.0 mm · daylight 11 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Harare an average May high of 24°, a low of 10° and some 9.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 9.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 17 min in mid-May, 25 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Harare runs about middling and drier than most in May. Epworth, 12 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Harare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 37 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EpworthHarare | 12 km SE | 23° | 9° | 11 mm |
| Mount HampdenMashonaland East Province | 15 km NW | 24° | 9° | 10 mm |
| Harare Western SuburbsMashonaland West | 19 km W | 24° | 9° | 8.0 mm |
| ChitungwizaHarare | 21 km S | 24° | 9° | 8.0 mm |
| RuwaMashonaland East Province | 21 km ESE | 23° | 9° | 10 mm |
| MazoweMashonaland Central | 37 km NNW | 24° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| NortonMashonaland West | 38 km W | 24° | 8° | 8.0 mm |
| ConcessionMashonaland Central | 51 km NNW | 23° | 8° | 6.0 mm |