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Makhado NU in May

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Makhado NU is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 54°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Makhado NU is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 12°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
11h 01mon average

Is May a good time to visit Makhado NU?

Yes. May is one of Makhado NU's best months (May to August).

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 80°F in May, against 74°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 23°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in May, against 1% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

10% cover in May, against 7% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

11h 01m in May, against 10h 45m to 13h 31m 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. April83°28°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May80°27°low 54°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June76°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Makhado NU sits, in May

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:27 AMsets 5:29 PM
Above the sea
860 mupland
Latitude
22.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thornybush240 km south-east

The land around Makhado NU, 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 Makhado NU

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Makhado NU. 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 (860 m) against the climate model's (932 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 (860 m) against the climate model's (932 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.