Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Thohoyandou, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 7th of 95 for the warmest May highs and 72nd of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Thohoyandou is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 15 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in MaySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MaySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Polokwane in MaySouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Mokopane in MaySouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MaySouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Somaroboro in MaySouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 317 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.