Swellendam climate

Swellendam Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Swellendam, 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 20°C on May 31, and lows from 11°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 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 Swellendam, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
22°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
31 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CMay 5, 2007
Reanalysis low
2°CMay 30, 2002
Daylight
10 h 44 min to 10 h 03 min
Cloud cover
41%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
13.7 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 124°C11°C33°C 19965°C 201618%
May 224°C11°C30°C 20147°C 200018%
May 324°C11°C31°C 19957°C 200019%
May 424°C11°C32°C 19957°C 200017%
May 524°C11°C35°C 20076°C 200016%
May 624°C11°C32°C 20076°C 199616%
May 724°C11°C33°C 20187°C 201516%
May 823°C11°C32°C 19945°C 200216%
May 923°C11°C32°C 20047°C 199215%
May 1023°C11°C32°C 20206°C 201314%
May 1124°C11°C31°C 20017°C 201313%
May 1224°C11°C33°C 19927°C 199813%
May 1324°C11°C33°C 20075°C 201713%
May 1424°C11°C33°C 20196°C 201713%
May 1523°C11°C30°C 19916°C 199814%
May 1623°C11°C30°C 20177°C 200714%
May 1723°C10°C31°C 19917°C 199214%
May 1823°C10°C34°C 20086°C 201314%
May 1923°C10°C32°C 19956°C 201216%
May 2022°C10°C32°C 19966°C 200717%
May 2122°C10°C30°C 20056°C 200718%
May 2222°C10°C30°C 20105°C 199518%
May 2322°C10°C31°C 20175°C 199418%
May 2421°C9°C27°C 20013°C 200619%
May 2521°C9°C29°C 20194°C 200520%
May 2621°C9°C32°C 20194°C 200622%
May 2721°C9°C30°C 20094°C 199223%
May 2820°C9°C28°C 20013°C 199223%
May 2920°C8°C27°C 20164°C 200624%
May 3020°C8°C29°C 20172°C 200224%
May 3120°C8°C27°C 20203°C 200225%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
May 31
sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 5:37 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.