Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd 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 Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks 24th of 95 for the warmest May highs and joint 73rd of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Oudtshoorn is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 24 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 14.314 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
- George in MaySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in MaySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MaySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Kariega in MaySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Paarl in MaySouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in MaySouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Motherwell in MaySouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Somerset West in MaySouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 90 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.