Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th 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 warm month in Upington: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In May its highs average 21.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Upington, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 3rd of 95 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 95 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 95 cities is 21.0°C; Upington is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 5.2 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 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
- Kimberley in MaySouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MaySouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in MaySouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MaySouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MaySouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Welkom in MaySouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Bothaville in MaySouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MaySouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 21 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.