Climate averages 1991–2020
Xai-Xai weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Xai-Xai: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chibuto (42 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Xai-Xai, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Xai-Xai ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Xai-Xai is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 20 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
Xai-Xai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 74 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 44 | 9.3 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 28 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| June | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 20 | 4.8 | 10.611 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 18 | 4.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 37 | 6.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 73 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 111 | 10.7 | 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
- Chibuto in MayMozambique · 42 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 147 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 156 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Maxixe in MayMozambique · 217 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Inhambane in MayMozambique · 220 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 273 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Manzini in MayEswatini · 278 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 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 Xai-Xai) is explained once on the Xai-Xai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.