Allanridge weather in May

In May, Allanridge sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 20 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Allanridge's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Allanridge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:51 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
23%
4th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Allanridge is town in the Free State, South Africa.

Density
1,000/km²
people per km²
Founded
1947

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Allanridge reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Allanridge

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.

Allanridge 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
Jan30° / 18°9412.913.64.9
Feb29° / 17°7511.3135.4
Mar28° / 15°649.712.26.6
Apr25° / 11°466.511.47.8
May22° / 203.110.68.4
Jun19° / 131.710.38.1
Jul19° / 60.910.48.3
Aug22° / 162118.7
Sep26° / 10°142.711.88.5
Oct28° / 13°537.612.77.0
Nov29° / 15°699.513.45.8
Dec30° / 17°9413.213.75.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. 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

Allanridge gets around 20 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
116
215
315
414
514
613
713
813
912
1012
1111
1210
1310
149
159
169
178
188
198
208
218
227
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266
276
286
296
306
316

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
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61000
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
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219calm
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249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.06:425:39
210.96:425:38
310.96:435:38
410.96:445:37
510.96:445:36
610.86:455:35
710.86:455:35
810.86:465:34
910.86:475:33
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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 4.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 4.2 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.5Bright
44.5Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.4Bright
94.4Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
134.3Bright
144.3Bright
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184.2Bright
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224.1Bright
234.0Bright
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254.0Bright
264.0Moderate
274.0Moderate
284.0Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.9Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Allanridge

In seasonPeak

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

Allanridge's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Allanridge?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Allanridge for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Allanridge in May

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

In May, Allanridge sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Allanridge 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 Allanridge peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 15Jun 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Allanridge 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 Allanridge is worst in July — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1432 µg/m³Dec 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul32Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Allanridge?

Allanridge sits at 27.8°S, 26.6°E, 1,322 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Kutloanong, 14 km away.

Topography around Allanridge

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Allanridge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 1,311 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m.

The land around Allanridge is covered by cropland (72%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
342 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kutloanong 14 km · Odendaalsrus 14 km · Welkom 26 km · Wesselsbron 30 km · Bothaville 41 km · Virginia 45 km · Hennenman 45 km · Phomolong 52 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / M / N
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
68%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
43.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
22.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Allanridge (-27.7543°, 26.6438°, elevation 1,322 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).