Pretoria
South Africa · Africa
Year-round range: 41°F to 82°F
May
Excellent conditions this month
Your monthly fit score
Comfort fit by month.
Climate details▼
Temperature
Average highs and lows.
May has comfortable temperatures — not too hot, not too cold.
Shaded band = typical daily swing (P10 of night lows to P90 of afternoon peaks) — spans wider than avg high/low lines because it captures day-to-day variation.
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Monthly rain and rain days.
May is one of the driest months — very little rain expected.
Sunshine
Average hours of bright sun per day.
May is one of the sunniest months — great for outdoor plans.
Clear sky
Clear-sky share is the inverse of average cloud cover (100% minus cloud cover). Band labels follow standard meteorological categories; distribution within each band varies by day.
Air comfort by month
Humidity and heat feel by month.
May is mostly comfortable — low heat and humidity pressure.
Time-of-day patterns
Typical hourly rhythm for May.
Temperature by hour
Temperature by hour and month
Typical temperature through the day across the year (1996-2025 normals, local time). Shaded cells are nighttime.
In May, afternoons reach about 73° and nights settle near 50°.
▶Full month-by-month data
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Rain days | Rain (in) | Sun h/day | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 82°F | 63°F | 14 | 4.7in | 8.5h | 61.285714285714285% |
| Feb | 82°F | 63°F | 10 | 3.4in | 8.5h | 61.857142857142854% |
| Mar | 79°F | 60°F | 8 | 2.5in | 8.9h | 60.28571428571428% |
| Apr | 75°F | 54°F | 5 | 1.8in | 9.1h | 59.285714285714285% |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 2 | 0.5in | 9.8h | 50.57142857142857% |
| Jun | 67°F | 42°F | 1 | 0.2in | 9.8h | 47% |
| Jul | 67°F | 41°F | 0 | 0.1in | 10h | 41.857142857142854% |
| Aug | 73°F | 46°F | 1 | 0.2in | 10.5h | 36.857142857142854% |
| Sep | 80°F | 53°F | 2 | 0.5in | 11.1h | 34.285714285714285% |
| Oct | 82°F | 57°F | 6 | 1.9in | 9.7h | 42.857142857142854% |
| Nov | 81°F | 60°F | 10 | 3.2in | 8.3h | 54.42857142857143% |
| Dec | 81°F | 62°F | 14 | 4.5in | 7.8h | 61.285714285714285% |