Tsumeb weather in May

In May, Tsumeb sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tsumeb's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tsumeb's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:13 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 4th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.6; out of 10

Tsumeb is city in Namibia.

Density: 1,269/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1905

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 29°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tsumeb reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 3°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)	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

How May really feels in Tsumeb

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.

Tsumeb weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 20°	132	15.9	13	3.9
Feb	30° / 19°	110	14.2	12.7	4.3
Mar	30° / 19°	76	12.9	12.1	4.9
Apr	29° / 17°	21	4.5	11.6	6.5
May	27° / 14°	0	0	11.1	8.6
Jun	25° / 10°	0	0	10.9	9.7
Jul	25° / 10°	0	0	11	9.6
Aug	28° / 13°	0	0	11.3	8.1
Sep	32° / 17°	3	0.8	11.9	5.2
Oct	34° / 20°	14	3.4	12.4	3.7
Nov	33° / 20°	46	9.8	12.9	3.6
Dec	32° / 20°	88	14.5	13.1	3.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% 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 3%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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	94	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99
Cloudier (%)	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tsumeb gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 3% 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 (%)	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 (%)	94	95	95	97	97	97	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	4	2
2	95	3	2
3	95	3	2
4	97	2	1
5	97	2	1
6	97	2	1
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	100	0	0
14	100	0	0
15	100	0	0
16	100	0	0
17	100	0	0
18	100	0	0
19	100	0	0
20	100	0	0
21	100	0	0
22	100	0	0
23	100	0	0
24	100	0	0
25	100	0	0
26	100	0	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of May to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:15 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:07	6:26
2	11.3	7:07	6:25
3	11.3	7:08	6:24
4	11.3	7:08	6:24
5	11.2	7:08	6:23
6	11.2	7:09	6:23
7	11.2	7:09	6:22
8	11.2	7:10	6:22
9	11.2	7:10	6:21
10	11.2	7:10	6:21
11	11.2	7:11	6:20
12	11.1	7:11	6:20
13	11.1	7:11	6:19
14	11.1	7:12	6:19
15	11.1	7:12	6:19
16	11.1	7:13	6:18
17	11.1	7:13	6:18
18	11.1	7:13	6:17
19	11.1	7:14	6:17
20	11.0	7:14	6:17
21	11.0	7:15	6:17
22	11.0	7:15	6:16
23	11.0	7:15	6:16
24	11.0	7:16	6:16
25	11.0	7:16	6:16
26	11.0	7:17	6:15
27	11.0	7:17	6:15
28	11.0	7:17	6:15
29	11.0	7:18	6:15
30	10.9	7:18	6:15
31	10.9	7:18	6:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.31 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tsumeb?

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

8.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tsumeb in May

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

In May, Tsumeb sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Tsumeb 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 Tsumeb peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 7 (very high).

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	14	11	9	7	7	9	9	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tsumeb?

Tsumeb sits at 19.2°S, 17.7°E, 1,309 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Grootfontein, 54 km away.

Topography around Tsumeb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tsumeb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 1,318 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,011 m.

The land around Tsumeb is covered by shrubs (56%) within 3 km, shrubs (82%) within 16 km, and shrubs (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

shrubs 56%

16 km

568 m

shrubs 82%

80 km

1,011 m

shrubs 92%

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

May weather nearby: Grootfontein 54 km · Otjiwarongo 175 km · Ondangwa 236 km · Rundu 263 km · Ongwediva 263 km · Oshakati 267 km · Helao Nafidi 282 km · Okahandja 315 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 Tsumeb (-19.2484°, 17.7135°, elevation 1,309 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	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	15
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	28	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	27	14
19	27	13
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	26	13
26	26	12
27	26	12
28	26	12
29	26	12
30	26	12
31	26	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	4	2
2	95	3	2
3	95	3	2
4	97	2	1
5	97	2	1
6	97	2	1
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	100	0	0
14	100	0	0
15	100	0	0
16	100	0	0
17	100	0	0
18	100	0	0
19	100	0	0
20	100	0	0
21	100	0	0
22	100	0	0
23	100	0	0
24	100	0	0
25	100	0	0
26	100	0	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	4	2
2	95	3	2
3	95	3	2
4	97	2	1
5	97	2	1
6	97	2	1
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	100	0	0
14	100	0	0
15	100	0	0
16	100	0	0
17	100	0	0
18	100	0	0
19	100	0	0
20	100	0	0
21	100	0	0
22	100	0	0
23	100	0	0
24	100	0	0
25	100	0	0
26	100	0	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	97	3
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	4	2
2	95	3	2
3	95	3	2
4	97	2	1
5	97	2	1
6	97	2	1
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	99	1	0
10	99	1	0
11	100	0	0
12	100	0	0
13	100	0	0
14	100	0	0
15	100	0	0
16	100	0	0
17	100	0	0
18	100	0	0
19	100	0	0
20	100	0	0
21	100	0	0
22	100	0	0
23	100	0	0
24	100	0	0
25	100	0	0
26	100	0	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0
31	100	0	0