Climate averages 1991–2020
Odendaalsrus 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 Odendaalsrus: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 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 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kutloanong (7 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Odendaalsrus, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Odendaalsrus ranks 54th of 95 for the warmest May highs and joint 60th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Odendaalsrus is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 13 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
Odendaalsrus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 94 | 13.0 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 75 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 64 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 46 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 20 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 6.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 16 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 53 | 7.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 69 | 9.5 | 13.513 h |
| December | 29.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 94 | 13.1 | 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
- Kutloanong in MaySouth Africa · 7 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Welkom in MaySouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Virginia in MaySouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Bothaville in MaySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Kroonstad in MaySouth Africa · 59 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Orkney in MaySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in MaySouth Africa · 114 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Stilfontein in MaySouth Africa · 115 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 18 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 Odendaalsrus) is explained once on the Odendaalsrus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kutloanong lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.