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Franschhoek in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Franschhoek is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Franschhoek is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
10h 23mon average

Is May a good time to visit Franschhoek?

Yes. May is one of Franschhoek's best months (April to May, or October to November).

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 65°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 18°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in May, against 14% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in May, against 19% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

10h 23m in May, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m 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. April79°26°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May73°23°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June66°19°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Franschhoek sits, in May

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
7:28 AMsets 5:51 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cape Town64 km west

The land around Franschhoek, 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 Franschhoek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Franschhoek. 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (730 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 (300 m) against the climate model's (730 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.