Nkhata Bay Weather in May
Average highs run from 27°C on May 1 to 26°C on May 31, and lows from 24°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 23 mm over about 5 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
- 26°C
- Average low
- 23°C
- Precipitation
- 23 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 32°CMay 11, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- 19°CMay 31, 1997
- Daylight
- 11 h 42 min to 11 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 43%
- Humidity
- 64%
- Dew point
- 18°C
- Wind
- 16.2 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 | 27°C | 24°C | 29°C 2016 | 22°C 1996 | 28% |
| May 2 | 27°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 21°C 2013 | 27% |
| May 3 | 27°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 22°C 2013 | 25% |
| May 4 | 27°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 22°C 2004 | 24% |
| May 5 | 27°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 22°C 2004 | 25% |
| May 6 | 26°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 21°C 1997 | 24% |
| May 7 | 26°C | 24°C | 29°C 1998 | 20°C 1997 | 22% |
| May 8 | 26°C | 24°C | 30°C 1998 | 21°C 1997 | 21% |
| May 9 | 26°C | 24°C | 30°C 1998 | 21°C 1997 | 20% |
| May 10 | 26°C | 23°C | 31°C 1998 | 21°C 1997 | 18% |
| May 11 | 26°C | 23°C | 32°C 1998 | 21°C 2002 | 17% |
| May 12 | 26°C | 23°C | 32°C 1998 | 21°C 2002 | 16% |
| May 13 | 26°C | 23°C | 31°C 1998 | 21°C 2002 | 16% |
| May 14 | 26°C | 23°C | 30°C 1998 | 21°C 2009 | 16% |
| May 15 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2005 | 21°C 2009 | 16% |
| May 16 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2005 | 21°C 2002 | 16% |
| May 17 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2005 | 21°C 2002 | 16% |
| May 18 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2005 | 21°C 2020 | 16% |
| May 19 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 2006 | 21°C 2020 | 15% |
| May 20 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 2006 | 21°C 2008 | 13% |
| May 21 | 26°C | 23°C | 30°C 2006 | 21°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 22 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 2006 | 20°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 23 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 1995 | 21°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 24 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 1993 | 21°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 25 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2002 | 21°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 26 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2011 | 21°C 2016 | 12% |
| May 27 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 1993 | 21°C 2007 | 12% |
| May 28 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 2017 | 21°C 2007 | 11% |
| May 29 | 26°C | 23°C | 29°C 2003 | 21°C 2009 | 11% |
| May 30 | 26°C | 23°C | 28°C 2003 | 20°C 1995 | 10% |
| May 31 | 26°C | 22°C | 28°C 2002 | 19°C 1997 | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 5:25 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.