Windhoek Weather in May
Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 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
- 25°C
- Average low
- 9°C
- Precipitation
- 6 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 30°CMay 2, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- -1°CMay 23, 2006
- Daylight
- 11 h 16 min to 10 h 51 min
- Cloud cover
- 22%
- Humidity
- 38%
- Dew point
- 0°C
- Wind
- 13.7 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 | 26°C | 11°C | 29°C 1998 | 8°C 2007 | 10% |
| May 2 | 26°C | 11°C | 30°C 1998 | 8°C 2007 | 9% |
| May 3 | 26°C | 11°C | 30°C 1998 | 4°C 2008 | 8% |
| May 4 | 26°C | 10°C | 29°C 1998 | 4°C 2008 | 8% |
| May 5 | 26°C | 10°C | 30°C 1998 | 4°C 2008 | 8% |
| May 6 | 26°C | 10°C | 29°C 1998 | 4°C 1995 | 8% |
| May 7 | 26°C | 10°C | 29°C 1998 | 6°C 2006 | 7% |
| May 8 | 26°C | 10°C | 28°C 1998 | 5°C 1995 | 7% |
| May 9 | 25°C | 10°C | 29°C 2019 | 7°C 2001 | 6% |
| May 10 | 25°C | 9°C | 29°C 2019 | 6°C 2006 | 4% |
| May 11 | 25°C | 9°C | 29°C 2019 | 2°C 2003 | 4% |
| May 12 | 25°C | 9°C | 28°C 1993 | 5°C 2003 | 4% |
| May 13 | 25°C | 9°C | 27°C 1999 | 2°C 2016 | 5% |
| May 14 | 25°C | 9°C | 27°C 1998 | 5°C 2016 | 5% |
| May 15 | 25°C | 9°C | 27°C 1998 | 3°C 2005 | 4% |
| May 16 | 24°C | 9°C | 28°C 2019 | 6°C 2001 | 3% |
| May 17 | 24°C | 9°C | 27°C 2007 | 6°C 2001 | 3% |
| May 18 | 24°C | 8°C | 28°C 2019 | 5°C 2009 | 3% |
| May 19 | 24°C | 8°C | 27°C 2005 | 4°C 1999 | 3% |
| May 20 | 24°C | 8°C | 27°C 1996 | 2°C 2006 | 3% |
| May 21 | 24°C | 8°C | 27°C 2019 | 0°C 2006 | 2% |
| May 22 | 24°C | 8°C | 27°C 2019 | 0°C 2006 | 2% |
| May 23 | 24°C | 8°C | 27°C 1998 | -1°C 2006 | 1% |
| May 24 | 24°C | 8°C | 28°C 1998 | 0°C 2006 | 1% |
| May 25 | 24°C | 7°C | 28°C 1998 | 1°C 2011 | 1% |
| May 26 | 23°C | 7°C | 27°C 1998 | 1°C 2011 | 2% |
| May 27 | 23°C | 7°C | 26°C 1999 | 2°C 1997 | 1% |
| May 28 | 23°C | 7°C | 27°C 1999 | 3°C 1997 | 1% |
| May 29 | 23°C | 7°C | 26°C 1999 | 1°C 1997 | 1% |
| May 30 | 23°C | 7°C | 25°C 2013 | 1°C 1997 | 1% |
| May 31 | 23°C | 7°C | 26°C 2005 | 1°C 2011 | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 6:15 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.