Namialo weather in May

In May, Namialo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Namialo's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Namialo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
5:37 AM – 4:56 PM
Cloud cover
41%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Namialo is village in Mozambique.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical May day in Namialo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Namialo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Namialo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°24325.312.82.8
Feb31° / 23°19321.912.53.0
Mar30° / 23°15121.912.13.5
Apr30° / 22°5612.511.75.0
May29° / 20°133.911.36.6
Jun27° / 18°92.911.17.7
Jul27° / 18°92.811.27.8
Aug28° / 18°82.311.57.2
Sep31° / 19°71.511.96.0
Oct32° / 21°163.212.34.7
Nov33° / 22°447.112.73.6
Dec32° / 23°14419.212.93.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Namialo gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 64% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11165726
21175824
31185922
41196020
52205919
62216017
72226115
82236114
92246113
103256012
113266011
123276010
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14330598
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18534565
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:01 PM to 4:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:335:01
211.55:335:01
311.45:345:00
411.45:345:00
511.45:345:00
611.45:344:59
711.45:354:59
811.45:354:58
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Namialo

In seasonPeak

None of Namialo's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Namialo's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Namialo?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Namialo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Namialo in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Namialo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Namialo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Namialo peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 16UV 16Jun 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Namialo in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Namialo is worst in October — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1116 µg/m³Dec 157 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug11Good
Sep16Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Namialo?

Namialo sits at 14.9°S, 40.0°E, 201 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Monapo, 34 km away.

NametilNamapa-eratiAngoche

Topography around Namialo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Namialo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Namialo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 926 m.

The land around Namialo is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
234 m
80 km
926 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Monapo 34 km · Mossuril 73 km · Nampula 80 km · Mozambique 82 km · Nacala 85 km · Nametil 112 km · Namapa-erati 135 km · Angoche 146 km

Mozambique travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / M
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$627
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
28%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 465
Religion
Catholic 27%Islam 19%Pentecostal 17%Saio/Zione 16%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Namialo (-14.9206°, 39.9836°, elevation 201 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).