Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th 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 Mokopane: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Mokopane, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 9th of 95 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Mokopane is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.6 mm to 3.3 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 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
- Polokwane in MaySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MaySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Somaroboro in MaySouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in MaySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in MaySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MaySouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Middelburg in MaySouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Emalahleni in MaySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 16 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.