Climate averages 1991–2020
KwaDukuza weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 KwaDukuza: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ntuzuma (56 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as KwaDukuza, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, KwaDukuza ranks joint 4th of 95 for the warmest May highs and 88th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; KwaDukuza is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 26 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
KwaDukuza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 91 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 26 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 31 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 99 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Ntuzuma in MaySouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Durban in MaySouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Pinetown in MaySouth Africa · 67 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in MaySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in MaySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Richards Bay in MaySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in MaySouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ladysmith in MaySouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 21 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 KwaDukuza) is explained once on the KwaDukuza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.