Durbanville climate

Durbanville Weather in May

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Cape Town (GHCN SFM00068816), 16 km from Durbanville

Average highs run from 24°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 9 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 Durbanville, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Record high
34°CMay 17, 2022
Record low
0°CMay 9, 2001
Daylight
10 h 45 min to 10 h 04 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
15.1 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°C34°C 19964°C 198226%
May 223°C31°C 20115°C 198226%
May 321°C11°C34°C 20215°C 198126%
May 421°C34°C 20215°C 199025%
May 521°C10°C30°C 19834°C 198625%
May 622°C28°C 20134°C 201425%
May 722°C10°C33°C 19824°C 198126%
May 823°C33°C 19824°C 200226%
May 923°C28°C 19970°C 200126%
May 1022°C31°C 20065°C 201325%
May 1122°C10°C30°C 19884°C 198325%
May 1223°C10°C32°C 20013°C 198325%
May 1323°C11°C32°C 20015°C 198526%
May 1424°C31°C 20001°C 198926%
May 1522°C9°C31°C 20005°C 198527%
May 1623°C30°C 19914°C 199228%
May 1723°C34°C 20223°C 198329%
May 1823°C31°C 20080°C 200030%
May 1923°C10°C29°C 20135°C 200331%
May 2021°C32°C 20026°C 201132%
May 2120°C11°C32°C 20026°C 200733%
May 2221°C10°C30°C 20033°C 198434%
May 2320°C30°C 20033°C 200736%
May 2420°C9°C31°C 19873°C 200638%
May 2520°C31°C 19870°C 198239%
May 2620°C33°C 19864°C 199639%
May 2720°C33°C 19863°C 198940%
May 2820°C29°C 19952°C 199140%
May 2920°C8°C31°C 20242°C 199240%
May 3019°C29°C 19871°C 198940%
May 3119°C8°C27°C 19843°C 199542%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Durbanville, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 5:45 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068816, 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.