Chipata climate

Chipata Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 28°C on May 1 to 27°C on May 31, and lows from 15°C to 13°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Chipata, 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
28°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
6 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CMay 10, 1998
Reanalysis low
9°CMay 31, 1997
Daylight
11 h 37 min to 11 h 22 min
Cloud cover
32%
Humidity
66%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
14.8 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 128°C15°C32°C 199812°C 20159%
May 228°C15°C33°C 199812°C 20148%
May 328°C15°C33°C 199812°C 20147%
May 428°C15°C31°C 201611°C 19977%
May 528°C15°C32°C 201011°C 19976%
May 628°C15°C33°C 199811°C 20046%
May 728°C14°C34°C 199810°C 19976%
May 828°C14°C34°C 199812°C 19976%
May 928°C14°C35°C 199811°C 19935%
May 1028°C14°C36°C 199810°C 19935%
May 1128°C14°C36°C 199811°C 19934%
May 1228°C14°C35°C 199810°C 19974%
May 1328°C14°C34°C 199811°C 19974%
May 1427°C14°C33°C 199810°C 19974%
May 1527°C14°C32°C 199810°C 20095%
May 1627°C14°C31°C 200510°C 19975%
May 1727°C14°C31°C 200510°C 20025%
May 1827°C14°C30°C 200510°C 20205%
May 1927°C14°C31°C 200510°C 20205%
May 2027°C14°C31°C 200611°C 20204%
May 2127°C14°C32°C 200611°C 20204%
May 2227°C14°C31°C 199511°C 20154%
May 2327°C14°C31°C 199510°C 20193%
May 2427°C14°C31°C 200210°C 20193%
May 2527°C14°C31°C 200211°C 20123%
May 2627°C14°C31°C 199211°C 20012%
May 2727°C13°C31°C 200210°C 19942%
May 2827°C13°C31°C 200310°C 20092%
May 2927°C13°C30°C 201010°C 20092%
May 3027°C13°C30°C 200210°C 20091%
May 3127°C13°C30°C 20059°C 19971%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Chipata, in percent.02468101102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 5:35 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:06 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.