Nkhotakota Weather in May
Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 27°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 22°C
- Precipitation
- 9 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CMay 13, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- 18°CMay 31, 1997
- Daylight
- 11 h 38 min to 11 h 25 min
- Cloud cover
- 33%
- Humidity
- 61%
- Dew point
- 17°C
- Wind
- 16.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 28°C | 23°C | 31°C 2020 | 20°C 1996 | 11% |
| May 2 | 28°C | 23°C | 30°C 1998 | 20°C 2013 | 10% |
| May 3 | 28°C | 23°C | 32°C 1998 | 20°C 2013 | 9% |
| May 4 | 28°C | 23°C | 31°C 1998 | 20°C 1997 | 8% |
| May 5 | 28°C | 23°C | 30°C 1994 | 19°C 1997 | 8% |
| May 6 | 28°C | 23°C | 31°C 2010 | 19°C 2004 | 8% |
| May 7 | 28°C | 22°C | 31°C 1992 | 18°C 1997 | 8% |
| May 8 | 28°C | 22°C | 31°C 1998 | 19°C 1997 | 8% |
| May 9 | 28°C | 22°C | 32°C 1998 | 19°C 1997 | 6% |
| May 10 | 28°C | 22°C | 33°C 1998 | 19°C 1997 | 6% |
| May 11 | 28°C | 22°C | 33°C 1998 | 19°C 2002 | 5% |
| May 12 | 28°C | 22°C | 33°C 1998 | 19°C 1997 | 5% |
| May 13 | 28°C | 22°C | 33°C 1998 | 19°C 1997 | 5% |
| May 14 | 28°C | 22°C | 31°C 1998 | 19°C 2000 | 6% |
| May 15 | 27°C | 22°C | 29°C 1998 | 19°C 2009 | 6% |
| May 16 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2005 | 19°C 2002 | 7% |
| May 17 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2005 | 19°C 2002 | 7% |
| May 18 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 1994 | 19°C 1993 | 7% |
| May 19 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2005 | 19°C 1997 | 7% |
| May 20 | 27°C | 22°C | 29°C 2006 | 19°C 2003 | 6% |
| May 21 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2007 | 19°C 2016 | 6% |
| May 22 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2007 | 19°C 2016 | 6% |
| May 23 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 1995 | 19°C 2016 | 6% |
| May 24 | 27°C | 22°C | 29°C 2010 | 19°C 2012 | 6% |
| May 25 | 27°C | 22°C | 29°C 2002 | 19°C 2004 | 6% |
| May 26 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2002 | 19°C 2001 | 6% |
| May 27 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2018 | 19°C 2007 | 5% |
| May 28 | 27°C | 22°C | 30°C 2017 | 19°C 1998 | 5% |
| May 29 | 27°C | 21°C | 30°C 2010 | 19°C 2004 | 4% |
| May 30 | 27°C | 21°C | 29°C 2010 | 19°C 1994 | 4% |
| May 31 | 27°C | 21°C | 30°C 2002 | 18°C 1997 | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.