Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 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 Bela Bela: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 4th 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 Hammanskraal (58 km away). In May its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks 12th of 95 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Bela Bela is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 5.1 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
Bela Bela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 78 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| September | 28.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 114 | 14.4 | 13.614 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
- Hammanskraal in MaySouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MaySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Somaroboro in MaySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in MaySouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Pretoria in MaySouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Brits in MaySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Mokopane in MaySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Centurion in MaySouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 15 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 Bela Bela) is explained once on the Bela Bela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.