Durban climate

Durban Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 22°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 40 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Durban, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

May at a glance

Average high
23°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
40 mm
Record high
34°CMay 3, 2012
Record low
8°CMay 25, 2025
Daylight
10 h 56 min to 10 h 21 min
Cloud cover
38%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
17°C
Wind
22.3 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 124°C22°C29°C 201915°C 202124%
May 224°C22°C29°C 201924%
May 324°C22°C34°C 201210°C 202523%
May 424°C22°C34°C 201211°C 202522%
May 524°C22°C29°C 201710°C 202522%
May 624°C22°C30°C 201711°C 202523%
May 724°C22°C33°C 201810°C 202223%
May 824°C22°C33°C 201813°C 202524%
May 924°C22°C32°C 201914°C 202524%
May 1024°C21°C31°C 202511°C 202523%
May 1124°C21°C32°C 202013°C 202123%
May 1224°C21°C32°C 202010°C 202523%
May 1324°C21°C29°C 202110°C 202522%
May 1424°C21°C30°C 202115°C 201821%
May 1523°C21°C34°C 202114°C 201220%
May 1623°C21°C34°C 202110°C 202520%
May 1723°C21°C29°C 202510°C 202519%
May 1823°C21°C29°C 201213°C 202519%
May 1923°C21°C33°C 201510°C 201319%
May 2023°C21°C33°C 201513°C 201118%
May 2123°C21°C32°C 20219°C 201217%
May 2223°C21°C29°C 201311°C 201616%
May 2323°C21°C31°C 20208°C 202515%
May 2423°C21°C31°C 202014%
May 2523°C21°C32°C 20148°C 202514%
May 2623°C21°C34°C 201317°C 201514%
May 2723°C20°C34°C 201311°C 202513%
May 2823°C20°C28°C 201411°C 202514%
May 2923°C20°C29°C 20259°C 202514%
May 3023°C20°C31°C 201515°C 201215%
May 3123°C20°C31°C 201515%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Durban, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 5:21 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 5:04 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068592, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.