Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 mild month in George: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than George, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks joint 75th of 95 for the warmest May highs and 89th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; George is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 39 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in MaySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in MaySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Kariega in MaySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MaySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Motherwell in MaySouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MaySouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Paarl in MaySouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in MaySouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 90 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.