Ruwa Weather in May
Ruwa in May
The short of it: Ruwa 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 17 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 17 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Ruwa an average May high of 23°, a low of 9° and some 10 mm of rain. 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 17 min in mid-May, 26 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, Ruwa runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Epworth, 10 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Ruwa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° colder, 39 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EpworthHarare | 10 km W | 23° | 9° | 11 mm |
| HarareHarare | 21 km WNW | 24° | 10° | 9.0 mm |
| ChitungwizaHarare | 23 km SW | 24° | 9° | 8.0 mm |
| Mount HampdenMashonaland East Province | 36 km WNW | 24° | 9° | 10 mm |
| Harare Western SuburbsMashonaland West | 39 km W | 24° | 9° | 8.0 mm |
| MaronderaMashonaland East Province | 46 km SE | 21° | 8° | 12 mm |
| MazoweMashonaland Central | 52 km NW | 24° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| NortonMashonaland West | 58 km W | 24° | 8° | 8.0 mm |