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Sabi-Sand Game Reserve in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 56°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 Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 13°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
82°F28°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
10h 55mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sabi-Sand Game Reserve?

Yes. May is one of Sabi-Sand Game Reserve'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 82°F in May, against 78°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in May, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in May, against 8% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

15% cover in May, against 11% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

10h 55m in May, against 10h 37m to 13h 39m 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.

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  1. April84°29°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May82°28°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June78°26°low 51°low 11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Sabi-Sand Game Reserve sits, in May

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:23 AMsets 5:19 PM
Above the sea
350 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)33 km south-east

The land around Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, 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 Sabi-Sand Game Reserve

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sabi-Sand Game Reserve. 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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.