Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks joint 10th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Ressano Garcia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 6.0 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in MayMozambique · 74 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 83 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Mbabane in MayEswatini · 130 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Manzini in MayEswatini · 133 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MayMozambique · 171 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Chibuto in MayMozambique · 176 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MaySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.9 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.