Grahamstown Weather in May
Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 21°C on May 31, and lows from 13°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 3 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
- 23°C
- Average low
- 12°C
- Precipitation
- 22 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CMay 6, 2007
- Reanalysis low
- 5°CMay 31, 2002
- Daylight
- 10 h 46 min to 10 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 50%
- Humidity
- 68%
- Dew point
- 10°C
- Wind
- 16.9 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 | 24°C | 13°C | 32°C 2013 | 8°C 2016 | 18% |
| May 2 | 24°C | 13°C | 31°C 2019 | 9°C 2008 | 17% |
| May 3 | 23°C | 13°C | 33°C 2014 | 9°C 2000 | 16% |
| May 4 | 23°C | 13°C | 29°C 2014 | 10°C 2000 | 16% |
| May 5 | 23°C | 13°C | 33°C 2007 | 8°C 2013 | 15% |
| May 6 | 23°C | 13°C | 33°C 2007 | 8°C 2013 | 14% |
| May 7 | 23°C | 13°C | 32°C 2007 | 9°C 2006 | 14% |
| May 8 | 23°C | 13°C | 32°C 2012 | 9°C 2010 | 14% |
| May 9 | 23°C | 13°C | 31°C 2012 | 10°C 1993 | 14% |
| May 10 | 23°C | 13°C | 30°C 2017 | 8°C 2006 | 13% |
| May 11 | 23°C | 13°C | 31°C 2005 | 9°C 2014 | 12% |
| May 12 | 24°C | 13°C | 32°C 2019 | 8°C 2013 | 12% |
| May 13 | 24°C | 13°C | 31°C 2001 | 8°C 2000 | 12% |
| May 14 | 24°C | 13°C | 33°C 1994 | 8°C 2000 | 12% |
| May 15 | 24°C | 13°C | 32°C 1994 | 9°C 2017 | 11% |
| May 16 | 23°C | 13°C | 29°C 2003 | 10°C 2018 | 11% |
| May 17 | 23°C | 13°C | 31°C 1994 | 10°C 2004 | 11% |
| May 18 | 23°C | 13°C | 30°C 1991 | 8°C 2013 | 12% |
| May 19 | 23°C | 13°C | 32°C 2019 | 8°C 2012 | 12% |
| May 20 | 23°C | 12°C | 30°C 1996 | 7°C 2012 | 13% |
| May 21 | 23°C | 12°C | 30°C 2005 | 8°C 2007 | 12% |
| May 22 | 23°C | 12°C | 29°C 2004 | 8°C 1995 | 12% |
| May 23 | 22°C | 12°C | 29°C 2010 | 8°C 1994 | 12% |
| May 24 | 22°C | 12°C | 29°C 2014 | 8°C 2007 | 13% |
| May 25 | 22°C | 12°C | 29°C 2001 | 7°C 2006 | 13% |
| May 26 | 22°C | 12°C | 30°C 2019 | 7°C 2006 | 13% |
| May 27 | 22°C | 11°C | 30°C 2004 | 6°C 2020 | 14% |
| May 28 | 21°C | 11°C | 28°C 2016 | 7°C 1992 | 13% |
| May 29 | 21°C | 11°C | 28°C 2016 | 6°C 2006 | 13% |
| May 30 | 21°C | 11°C | 28°C 2019 | 6°C 2002 | 14% |
| May 31 | 21°C | 11°C | 28°C 2017 | 5°C 2002 | 14% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:15 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.