Rustenburg climate

Rustenburg Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 26°C on May 1 to 23°C on May 31, and lows from 10°C to 7°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 Rustenburg, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
32°CMay 5, 2012
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 23, 2007
Daylight
11 h 08 min to 10 h 39 min
Cloud cover
22%
Humidity
48%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
10.4 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 126°C10°C31°C 20127°C 199616%
May 226°C10°C31°C 20127°C 199214%
May 326°C10°C30°C 19986°C 199214%
May 425°C10°C31°C 20125°C 199213%
May 525°C10°C32°C 20123°C 201312%
May 625°C10°C31°C 20150°C 200112%
May 725°C10°C31°C 19982°C 200212%
May 825°C10°C30°C 19982°C 200212%
May 925°C9°C29°C 20033°C 200611%
May 1025°C9°C29°C 20033°C 200610%
May 1125°C9°C29°C 20083°C 19989%
May 1225°C9°C28°C 19944°C 19988%
May 1324°C9°C28°C 20152°C 20008%
May 1424°C9°C30°C 20153°C 20007%
May 1524°C9°C30°C 20154°C 19986%
May 1624°C9°C30°C 20154°C 20006%
May 1724°C9°C29°C 20157°C 20175%
May 1824°C8°C28°C 20074°C 20095%
May 1924°C8°C29°C 20056°C 20066%
May 2024°C8°C28°C 20153°C 20066%
May 2124°C8°C29°C 19921°C 20065%
May 2223°C8°C28°C 1992-1°C 20075%
May 2323°C8°C28°C 1991-2°C 20074%
May 2423°C8°C27°C 20120°C 20074%
May 2523°C7°C27°C 19930°C 20064%
May 2623°C7°C28°C 19932°C 20074%
May 2723°C7°C27°C 20150°C 20204%
May 2823°C7°C27°C 20151°C 20204%
May 2923°C7°C28°C 20150°C 19974%
May 3023°C7°C27°C 2014-1°C 19974%
May 3123°C7°C27°C 20131°C 19974%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Rustenburg, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:34 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 5:28 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.