Shamva Weather in May
Shamva in May
The short of it: Shamva in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 19 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 9° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Shamva an average May high of 26°, a low of 9° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 19 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; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Shamva runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Bindura, 26 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Shamva, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° colder, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BinduraMashonaland Central | 26 km W | 24° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| MurewaMashonaland East Province | 43 km SSE | 24° | 9° | 7.0 mm |
| MadziwaMashonaland Central | 44 km N | 25° | 9° | 6.0 mm |
| GlendaleMashonaland Central | 54 km W | 24° | 7° | 7.0 mm |
| Mount DarwinMashonaland Central | 60 km N | 27° | 10° | 4.0 mm |
| ConcessionMashonaland Central | 67 km W | 23° | 8° | 6.0 mm |
| MazoweMashonaland Central | 67 km WSW | 24° | 8° | 7.0 mm |
| MutokoMashonaland East Province | 70 km E | 25° | 11° | 7.0 mm |