East London Weather in May
Average highs run from 19°C on May 1 to 16°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 180 mm over about 3 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
- 18°C
- Average low
- 10°C
- Precipitation
- 180 mm
- Record high
- 37°CMay 16, 1980
- Record low
- 0°CMay 28, 2007
- Daylight
- 10 h 47 min to 10 h 08 min
- Cloud cover
- 56%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 15°C
- Wind
- 21.2 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 19°C | 11°C | 31°C 1992 | 6°C 2013 | 20% |
| May 2 | 18°C | 12°C | 35°C 1946 | 6°C 2020 | 20% |
| May 3 | 18°C | 11°C | 34°C 1942 | 4°C 2014 | 19% |
| May 4 | 19°C | 11°C | 37°C 1987 | 4°C 2014 | 19% |
| May 5 | 18°C | 10°C | 33°C 1964 | 5°C 2004 | 19% |
| May 6 | 18°C | 11°C | 31°C 1959 | 4°C 2004 | 19% |
| May 7 | 18°C | 11°C | 33°C 1970 | 6°C 2004 | 18% |
| May 8 | 18°C | 11°C | 36°C 1965 | 5°C 2010 | 19% |
| May 9 | 19°C | 11°C | 33°C 1971 | 6°C 2010 | 18% |
| May 10 | 18°C | 11°C | 36°C 1994 | 6°C 2005 | 17% |
| May 11 | 18°C | 10°C | 33°C 1987 | 4°C 2007 | 16% |
| May 12 | 18°C | 10°C | 32°C 1999 | 4°C 2014 | 15% |
| May 13 | 18°C | 11°C | 34°C 1992 | 6°C 2006 | 15% |
| May 14 | 18°C | 10°C | 33°C 1992 | 6°C 2019 | 15% |
| May 15 | 18°C | 11°C | 32°C 1995 | 5°C 2003 | 14% |
| May 16 | 19°C | 11°C | 37°C 1980 | 5°C 2022 | 14% |
| May 17 | 19°C | 11°C | 32°C 1994 | 4°C 2022 | 14% |
| May 18 | 19°C | 11°C | 32°C 2001 | 4°C 2012 | 14% |
| May 19 | 19°C | 10°C | 35°C 1986 | 3°C 2005 | 14% |
| May 20 | 17°C | 10°C | 32°C 1990 | 3°C 2005 | 13% |
| May 21 | 16°C | 10°C | 33°C 1985 | 5°C 2018 | 13% |
| May 22 | 16°C | 9°C | 32°C 1980 | 5°C 2004 | 12% |
| May 23 | 17°C | 9°C | 32°C 1984 | 4°C 2003 | 11% |
| May 24 | 18°C | 10°C | 32°C 1984 | 4°C 2003 | 12% |
| May 25 | 18°C | 10°C | 32°C 2001 | 5°C 2006 | 12% |
| May 26 | 18°C | 10°C | 31°C 1999 | 3°C 2009 | 12% |
| May 27 | 17°C | 10°C | 33°C 1986 | 3°C 2009 | 13% |
| May 28 | 17°C | 9°C | 32°C 1970 | 0°C 2007 | 13% |
| May 29 | 18°C | 9°C | 31°C 1948 | 4°C 2014 | 13% |
| May 30 | 18°C | 9°C | 32°C 1992 | 4°C 2016 | 13% |
| May 31 | 16°C | 9°C | 30°C 1987 | 3°C 2016 | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 5:29 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SF000068858, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.