Swakopmund Weather in May
Average highs run from 23°C on May 1 to 22°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 2 mm over about 0 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 23°C
- Average low
- 16°C
- Precipitation
- 2 mm
- Record high
- 40°CMay 7, 2020
- Record low
- 5°CMay 31, 2011
- Daylight
- 11 h 16 min to 10 h 51 min
- Cloud cover
- 32%
- Humidity
- 67%
- Dew point
- 11°C
- Wind
- 13.0 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2013 | 8°C 1990 | 1% |
| May 2 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2013 | 8°C 2025 | 1% |
| May 3 | 23°C | 16°C | 38°C 2017 | 9°C 2012 | 1% |
| May 4 | 23°C | 16°C | 38°C 2013 | 7°C 2012 | 1% |
| May 5 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2013 | 7°C 2003 | 1% |
| May 6 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2013 | 6°C 2003 | 1% |
| May 7 | 23°C | 16°C | 40°C 2020 | 9°C 2002 | 1% |
| May 8 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2012 | 6°C 2023 | 1% |
| May 9 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2012 | 8°C 2023 | 1% |
| May 10 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2007 | 8°C 2002 | 0% |
| May 11 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2007 | 7°C 2015 | 1% |
| May 12 | 23°C | 16°C | 40°C 2007 | 5°C 2003 | 1% |
| May 13 | 23°C | 16°C | 37°C 2025 | 5°C 2003 | 1% |
| May 14 | 24°C | 16°C | 38°C 2014 | 7°C 2022 | 1% |
| May 15 | 24°C | 16°C | 38°C 2025 | 6°C 2018 | 1% |
| May 16 | 24°C | 16°C | 38°C 2010 | 7°C 2011 | 1% |
| May 17 | 24°C | 16°C | 39°C 2024 | 6°C 2007 | 1% |
| May 18 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2024 | 8°C 2009 | 1% |
| May 19 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2024 | 8°C 2023 | 2% |
| May 20 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2024 | 8°C 2014 | 1% |
| May 21 | 23°C | 16°C | 39°C 2024 | 5°C 2014 | 1% |
| May 22 | 23°C | 15°C | 39°C 2024 | 7°C 2022 | 1% |
| May 23 | 23°C | 15°C | 38°C 2024 | 8°C 2002 | 1% |
| May 24 | 23°C | 15°C | 37°C 2025 | 7°C 2008 | 1% |
| May 25 | 23°C | 15°C | 39°C 2019 | 7°C 2008 | 1% |
| May 26 | 23°C | 15°C | 39°C 2019 | 6°C 2023 | 1% |
| May 27 | 22°C | 15°C | 39°C 2024 | 6°C 2020 | 1% |
| May 28 | 22°C | 15°C | 31°C 2021 | 6°C 2006 | 1% |
| May 29 | 22°C | 15°C | 35°C 1990 | 6°C 2006 | 1% |
| May 30 | 22°C | 15°C | 34°C 2017 | 5°C 2011 | 1% |
| May 31 | 22°C | 15°C | 36°C 2022 | 5°C 2011 | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 6:37 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station WAM00068098, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.