Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th 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 Manzini: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 2.9°C cooler than Manzini, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 21.9°C; Manzini is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 11 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
Manzini climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 107 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 93 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| July | 21.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 120 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 14.7 | 13.814 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
- Mbabane in MayEswatini · 32 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MaySouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 123 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 133 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 134 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ermelo in MaySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Vryheid in MaySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 19 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 Manzini) is explained once on the Manzini year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.