Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Maseru: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Maseru, with 21 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 17 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in MaySouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MaySouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in MaySouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in MaySouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Virginia in MaySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in MaySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Welkom in MaySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MaySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 20 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.