Qacha’s Nek climate

Qacha’s Nek Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Qacha’s Nek, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 14°C on May 31, and lows from 3°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 17 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Qacha’s Nek, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
17 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMay 1, 1998
Reanalysis low
-7°CMay 23, 1994
Daylight
10 h 56 min to 10 h 20 min
Cloud cover
37%
Humidity
61%
Dew point
-1°C
Wind
12.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 117°C3°C24°C 1998-5°C 201613%
May 217°C2°C22°C 1998-2°C 201613%
May 317°C2°C23°C 2014-5°C 199213%
May 417°C2°C22°C 1998-3°C 201813%
May 517°C2°C22°C 2007-6°C 201313%
May 617°C2°C22°C 2007-3°C 200112%
May 717°C2°C23°C 2007-5°C 200213%
May 817°C2°C22°C 2007-6°C 200213%
May 917°C2°C21°C 2007-3°C 200212%
May 1017°C2°C22°C 1992-3°C 200612%
May 1117°C2°C21°C 1992-3°C 201412%
May 1217°C2°C22°C 2007-4°C 199811%
May 1316°C2°C22°C 2007-5°C 200012%
May 1416°C2°C20°C 2007-4°C 199811%
May 1516°C2°C20°C 1995-4°C 199810%
May 1616°C2°C19°C 2001-2°C 19979%
May 1716°C1°C20°C 2010-2°C 201110%
May 1816°C1°C20°C 2001-2°C 20099%
May 1916°C1°C21°C 2002-2°C 20119%
May 2016°C1°C22°C 2015-2°C 20128%
May 2115°C1°C20°C 2015-5°C 20078%
May 2215°C1°C19°C 2015-5°C 20068%
May 2315°C1°C19°C 2004-7°C 19947%
May 2415°C0°C20°C 2014-6°C 20077%
May 2515°C0°C20°C 2004-5°C 20067%
May 2615°C0°C19°C 2004-5°C 19926%
May 2715°C0°C20°C 2014-6°C 20206%
May 2815°C0°C19°C 2007-6°C 19946%
May 2914°C0°C19°C 2015-6°C 19976%
May 3014°C-1°C20°C 2015-5°C 19976%
May 3114°C-1°C20°C 1998-5°C 20116%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Qacha’s Nek, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 5:13 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.