Knysna climate

Knysna Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 22°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 13°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Knysna, in °C, with the record for each date.5101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
21°C
Average low
12°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CMay 5, 2007
Reanalysis low
6°CMay 31, 2002
Daylight
10 h 44 min to 10 h 03 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
10.1 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 122°C13°C31°C 20138°C 201622%
May 222°C13°C28°C 20149°C 200021%
May 322°C13°C27°C 19959°C 200021%
May 421°C13°C29°C 19958°C 200020%
May 522°C13°C31°C 20078°C 200019%
May 622°C13°C30°C 20079°C 200618%
May 722°C13°C29°C 20079°C 201518%
May 821°C13°C28°C 20129°C 200617%
May 921°C13°C29°C 20049°C 200616%
May 1022°C13°C28°C 202010°C 201715%
May 1122°C13°C29°C 19928°C 201314%
May 1222°C13°C30°C 199210°C 201113%
May 1322°C13°C30°C 19928°C 201714%
May 1422°C13°C30°C 19928°C 201714%
May 1522°C13°C29°C 19948°C 201713%
May 1622°C13°C27°C 200110°C 199814%
May 1721°C13°C30°C 201010°C 201314%
May 1821°C13°C29°C 19919°C 201215%
May 1921°C13°C28°C 20088°C 201216%
May 2021°C12°C28°C 19968°C 200718%
May 2121°C12°C29°C 20057°C 200719%
May 2221°C12°C28°C 20057°C 199419%
May 2320°C12°C28°C 20107°C 199419%
May 2420°C12°C27°C 20017°C 200620%
May 2520°C12°C27°C 20198°C 200621%
May 2620°C12°C28°C 20198°C 200622%
May 2720°C12°C28°C 20048°C 202022%
May 2819°C11°C27°C 20017°C 199222%
May 2919°C11°C26°C 20166°C 200623%
May 3019°C11°C25°C 20167°C 200223%
May 3119°C11°C27°C 19986°C 200223%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 7:03 AM, sunset 5:47 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:27 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.