Rusape Weather in May
Rusape in May
The short of it: Rusape in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 11 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 9° · rain 10 mm · daylight 11 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
May in Rusape brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 9°, with about 10 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 23°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 15 min in mid-May, 27 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, Rusape runs about middling and drier than most in May. Nyazura, 20 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Rusape, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 26 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NyazuraManicaland | 20 km SSE | 23° | 9° | 12 mm |
| HeadlandsManicaland | 29 km NNW | 21° | 7° | 8.0 mm |
| MachekeMashonaland East Province | 52 km NW | 22° | 8° | 11 mm |
| OdziManicaland | 56 km SSE | 25° | 10° | 10 mm |
| MaronderaMashonaland East Province | 72 km WNW | 21° | 8° | 12 mm |
| Dorowa Mining LeaseManicaland | 72 km SSW | 26° | 9° | 9.0 mm |
| PenhalongaManicaland | 72 km SE | 21° | 9° | 16 mm |
| NyangaManicaland | 74 km ENE | 19° | 7° | 15 mm |