Climate averages 1991–2020
Nigel weather
in May.
A mild, fairly 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 mild month in Nigel: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heidelberg, South Africa (14 km away). In May its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Nigel, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Nigel ranks joint 68th of 95 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Nigel is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 7.5 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
Nigel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 135 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| February | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 103 | 13.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 24.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 89 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 41 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 16 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 7.5 | 1.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 17.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.8°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 83 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 108 | 13.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 25.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 147 | 17.8 | 13.814 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
- Heidelberg, South Africa in MaySouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Brakpan in MaySouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 15 mm rain
- Benoni in MaySouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Etwatwa in MaySouth Africa · 34 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Tokoza in MaySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Delmas in MaySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Germiston in MaySouth Africa · 39 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Alberton in MaySouth Africa · 40 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 17 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 Nigel) is explained once on the Nigel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.