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Pretoria in May

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Pretoria is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Pretoria is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 27 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
10h 52mon average

Is May a good time to visit Pretoria?

Yes. May is one of Pretoria's best months (April to June, or August to September).

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 74°F in May, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in May, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

15% cover in May, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

10h 52m in May, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. April78°26°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May74°23°low 48°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June70°21°low 42°low 6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in May

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:37 AMsets 5:30 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. 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.