Bloemfontein climate

Bloemfontein Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 23°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bloemfontein, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CMay 3, 2012
Reanalysis low
-4°CMay 24, 2007
Daylight
10 h 58 min to 10 h 25 min
Cloud cover
30%
Humidity
52%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 123°C7°C27°C 20022°C 199214%
May 223°C7°C28°C 20123°C 199214%
May 323°C7°C29°C 2012-1°C 199214%
May 422°C7°C28°C 19980°C 199214%
May 522°C7°C28°C 2002-1°C 201313%
May 622°C7°C27°C 2012-2°C 200113%
May 722°C7°C28°C 2012-1°C 200214%
May 822°C6°C27°C 2012-2°C 200213%
May 922°C6°C26°C 20120°C 200612%
May 1022°C6°C27°C 1992-1°C 200611%
May 1122°C6°C26°C 1994-1°C 200610%
May 1222°C6°C26°C 1993-1°C 199810%
May 1322°C6°C26°C 19930°C 199810%
May 1422°C6°C27°C 20070°C 199810%
May 1521°C6°C26°C 20080°C 19989%
May 1621°C6°C26°C 20082°C 19938%
May 1721°C6°C26°C 20083°C 20148%
May 1821°C6°C25°C 20151°C 20098%
May 1921°C6°C25°C 20152°C 20118%
May 2021°C5°C25°C 20150°C 20127%
May 2121°C5°C25°C 2015-2°C 20127%
May 2220°C5°C25°C 1991-3°C 20076%
May 2320°C5°C24°C 1992-4°C 20076%
May 2420°C5°C24°C 1991-4°C 20076%
May 2520°C4°C25°C 1993-3°C 20076%
May 2620°C4°C25°C 2013-3°C 20066%
May 2719°C4°C24°C 2015-4°C 20206%
May 2819°C4°C25°C 2015-2°C 19925%
May 2919°C4°C25°C 2015-3°C 19975%
May 3019°C3°C24°C 2015-4°C 19975%
May 3119°C3°C24°C 2014-2°C 20095%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Bloemfontein, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 5:41 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 5:25 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.