Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th 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 Mafikeng: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 26th 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; Mafikeng is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 8.8 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 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
- Gaborone in MayBotswana · 137 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in MayBotswana · 139 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in MaySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MaySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Stilfontein in MaySouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Orkney in MaySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MaySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Molepolole in MayBotswana · 163 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 12 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.