Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Mbabane: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In May its highs average 23.3°C, 2.9°C warmer than Mbabane, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 21.9°C; Mbabane is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 18 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 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
- Manzini in MayEswatini · 32 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MaySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Ermelo in MaySouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 130 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 138 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 150 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Vryheid in MaySouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.