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De Hoop in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in De Hoop is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.May in De Hoop is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
10h 21mon average

Is May a good time to visit De Hoop?

Yes. May is one of De Hoop's best months (March to May, or September to December).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in May, against 67°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 19°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in May, against 19% to 24% through the year.

Cloud cover

46% cover in May, against 25% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

10h 21m in May, against 9h 53m to 14h 25m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April76°24°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May73°23°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June69°21°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where De Hoop sits, in May

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:23 AMsets 5:44 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
34.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Franschhoek152 km west

The land around De Hoop, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in De Hoop

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km north-west of De Hoop. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (103 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (103 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.