Climate averages 1991–2020
Kadoma weather
in May.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Kadoma: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwekwe (67 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Kadoma, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kadoma ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 23.1°C; Kadoma is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 1.7 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
Kadoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 186 | 18.2 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 133 | 14.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 77 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 23 | 3.5 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.111 h |
| August | 26.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| September | 30.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 12.512 h |
| November | 30.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 84 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 184 | 19.5 | 13.213 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
- Kwekwe in MayZimbabwe · 67 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Norton in MayZimbabwe · 97 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in MayZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Gweru in MayZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MayZimbabwe · 128 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Harare in MayZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Ruwa in MayZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Masvingo in MayZimbabwe · 215 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 9.3 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 Kadoma) is explained once on the Kadoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.