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Kruger National Park in May

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kruger National Park is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Kruger National Park is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
10h 56mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

A good month, just outside Kruger National Park's best months, which run from June to July.

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 84°F in May, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in May, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in May, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

12% cover in May, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

10h 56m in May, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m 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. April87°31°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May84°29°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June81°27°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in May

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:20 AMsets 5:17 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, 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 Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.