Keetmanshoop weather in May

In May, Keetmanshoop sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 5 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Keetmanshoop's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Keetmanshoop's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:23 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Keetmanshoop is a city of Namibia.

Density: 44/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1866

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Keetmanshoop reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 4°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	14
2	27	13
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	24	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	23	9
31	23	9

How May really feels in Keetmanshoop

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Keetmanshoop 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 21°	47	6.8	13.5	3.2
Feb	34° / 21°	54	7.5	12.9	3.5
Mar	32° / 20°	43	6.2	12.2	4.5
Apr	29° / 16°	21	3.4	11.4	7.1
May	26° / 12°	5	0.9	10.7	9.0
Jun	22° / 8°	2	0.4	10.4	9.1
Jul	22° / 7°	3	0.4	10.5	9.1
Aug	24° / 9°	1	0.2	11.1	9.4
Sep	28° / 12°	4	0.6	11.8	8.3
Oct	31° / 16°	6	1.5	12.6	6.0
Nov	33° / 18°	12	2.3	13.3	4.8
Dec	35° / 20°	22	3.8	13.6	3.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	94	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	90	90
Cloudier (%)	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Keetmanshoop gets around 5 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	4
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 5:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:14	6:15
2	11.0	7:15	6:14
3	11.0	7:15	6:13
4	10.9	7:16	6:13
5	10.9	7:17	6:12
6	10.9	7:17	6:11
7	10.9	7:18	6:10
8	10.9	7:18	6:10
9	10.8	7:19	6:09
10	10.8	7:19	6:08
11	10.8	7:20	6:08
12	10.8	7:21	6:07
13	10.8	7:21	6:06
14	10.7	7:22	6:06
15	10.7	7:22	6:05
16	10.7	7:23	6:05
17	10.7	7:23	6:04
18	10.7	7:24	6:04
19	10.6	7:24	6:03
20	10.6	7:25	6:03
21	10.6	7:26	6:02
22	10.6	7:26	6:02
23	10.6	7:27	6:01
24	10.6	7:27	6:01
25	10.5	7:28	6:01
26	10.5	7:28	6:00
27	10.5	7:29	6:00
28	10.5	7:29	6:00
29	10.5	7:30	5:59
30	10.5	7:30	5:59
31	10.5	7:31	5:59

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 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Keetmanshoop?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Keetmanshoop for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Keetmanshoop in May

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

In May, Keetmanshoop sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Keetmanshoop in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Keetmanshoop peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	9	6	5	6	7	10	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Keetmanshoop?

Keetmanshoop sits at 26.6°S, 18.1°E, 998 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Mariental, 217 km away.

Topography around Keetmanshoop

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Keetmanshoop has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 998 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,206 m.

The land around Keetmanshoop is covered by bare terrain (69%) within 3 km, bare terrain (80%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

bare terrain 69%

16 km

341 m

bare terrain 80%

80 km

1,206 m

bare terrain 56%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← April Keetmanshoop year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Mariental 217 km · Lüderitz 296 km · Upington 372 km · Rehoboth 377 km · Tsabong 434 km · Windhoek 459 km · Katutura 464 km · Gobabis 466 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

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 Keetmanshoop (-26.5765°, 18.1336°, elevation 998 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	14
2	27	13
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	24	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	4
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	14
2	27	13
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	24	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	4
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	14
2	27	13
3	27	13
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	27	13
11	27	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	10
25	24	10
26	24	10
27	24	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	23	9
31	23	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	91	9
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	4
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0