Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Molepolole, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 24.8°C; Molepolole is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in MayBotswana · 45 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Gaborone in MayBotswana · 50 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MaySouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MaySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Brits in MaySouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in MaySouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MaySouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MaySouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.