Blantyre Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 17°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 6 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: 16°C
Precipitation: 19 mm
Reanalysis high: 39°CMay 10, 1998
Reanalysis low: 11°CMay 31, 1997
Daylight: 11 h 32 min to 11 h 15 min
Cloud cover: 37%
Humidity: 67%
Dew point: 14°C
Wind: 10.4 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	29°C	17°C	32°C 2020	13°C 2007	23%
May 2	29°C	17°C	34°C 1998	14°C 2014	22%
May 3	29°C	17°C	35°C 1998	13°C 1997	22%
May 4	29°C	16°C	35°C 1992	12°C 1997	20%
May 5	29°C	16°C	35°C 1992	14°C 1991	19%
May 6	29°C	16°C	34°C 1998	13°C 1997	18%
May 7	29°C	16°C	35°C 1998	13°C 1997	17%
May 8	29°C	16°C	37°C 1998	13°C 2016	16%
May 9	29°C	16°C	38°C 1998	12°C 2013	15%
May 10	29°C	16°C	39°C 1998	13°C 2002	14%
May 11	29°C	16°C	37°C 1998	13°C 2006	14%
May 12	28°C	16°C	36°C 1998	13°C 2006	15%
May 13	28°C	16°C	34°C 1998	14°C 1995	15%
May 14	28°C	16°C	33°C 2005	12°C 2009	17%
May 15	28°C	16°C	33°C 2005	12°C 2000	17%
May 16	28°C	16°C	33°C 2005	12°C 2000	16%
May 17	28°C	16°C	32°C 2005	12°C 2020	16%
May 18	28°C	16°C	33°C 2005	13°C 2002	16%
May 19	28°C	16°C	32°C 2006	12°C 2020	16%
May 20	28°C	15°C	33°C 2006	12°C 1999	16%
May 21	28°C	15°C	33°C 1995	13°C 1997	16%
May 22	28°C	15°C	34°C 1995	12°C 2012	17%
May 23	28°C	15°C	33°C 1995	13°C 2007	17%
May 24	28°C	15°C	33°C 2002	12°C 2007	17%
May 25	28°C	15°C	34°C 2002	13°C 2013	17%
May 26	28°C	15°C	34°C 2002	13°C 2001	16%
May 27	28°C	15°C	35°C 1993	13°C 1994	16%
May 28	28°C	15°C	34°C 1993	13°C 2011	16%
May 29	28°C	15°C	34°C 1993	13°C 2007	15%
May 30	28°C	15°C	33°C 1993	12°C 1997	14%
May 31	28°C	15°C	32°C 2002	11°C 1997	13%

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 5:23 PM
May 31: sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 5:15 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.