Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 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 mild month in Kimberley: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In May its highs average 19.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kimberley, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks joint 31st of 95 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Kimberley is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 12 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 13.914 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
- Bloemfontein in MaySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MaySouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MaySouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in MaySouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Welkom in MaySouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MaySouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Virginia in MaySouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MaySouth Africa · 219 kmHigh 20.7°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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.