Brits weather in May

In May, Brits sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 Brits's 4th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brits's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:43 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 4th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Brits is South African town.

Density: 1,068/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1924

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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Brits reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Brits 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	29° / 18°	97	14.1	13.4	5.3
Feb	29° / 18°	89	11.2	12.9	5.6
Mar	27° / 17°	76	10	12.2	6.7
Apr	25° / 13°	36	5.7	11.4	7.9
May	23° / 9°	16	2.5	10.8	8.8
Jun	20° / 5°	7	1.2	10.4	8.6
Jul	20° / 5°	3	0.5	10.6	8.7
Aug	23° / 8°	6	1.3	11.1	9.1
Sep	27° / 12°	16	2.3	11.8	8.4
Oct	28° / 15°	55	7.2	12.6	6.9
Nov	28° / 16°	85	11.2	13.3	6.0
Dec	28° / 18°	113	14.8	13.6	5.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 11%. 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 (%)	85	86	86	88	88	89	90	90	91	90	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Brits gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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

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	94	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
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 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 6:35 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:22 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	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:35	5:38
2	11.0	6:35	5:37
3	11.0	6:36	5:36
4	11.0	6:36	5:35
5	11.0	6:37	5:35
6	10.9	6:37	5:34
7	10.9	6:38	5:33
8	10.9	6:38	5:32
9	10.9	6:39	5:32
10	10.9	6:39	5:31
11	10.8	6:40	5:31
12	10.8	6:40	5:30
13	10.8	6:41	5:29
14	10.8	6:41	5:29
15	10.8	6:42	5:28
16	10.8	6:43	5:28
17	10.7	6:43	5:27
18	10.7	6:44	5:27
19	10.7	6:44	5:26
20	10.7	6:45	5:26
21	10.7	6:45	5:25
22	10.7	6:46	5:25
23	10.6	6:46	5:25
24	10.6	6:47	5:24
25	10.6	6:47	5:24
26	10.6	6:48	5:24
27	10.6	6:48	5:23
28	10.6	6:49	5:23
29	10.6	6:49	5:23
30	10.5	6:50	5:22
31	10.5	6:50	5:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 4.35 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Brits

In seasonPeak

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

Brits's rainy season runs October–March, 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 Brits?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Brits in May

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

In May, Brits sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Brits 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 Brits peaks around January 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	14	13	12	9	6	5	6	7	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Brits 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 Brits is worst in June — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (January, 26 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	26	40	62	103	152	166	164	125	93	53	38	28
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	62	Unhealthy
Apr	103	Unhealthy
May	152	Very unhealthy
Jun	166	Very unhealthy
Jul	164	Very unhealthy
Aug	125	Unhealthy
Sep	93	Unhealthy
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Brits?

Brits sits at 25.6°S, 27.8°E, 1,118 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Hartbeespoort, 14 km away.

Topography around Brits

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brits has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 1,107 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 920 m.

The land around Brits is covered by grassland (27%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

183 m

grassland 27%

16 km

677 m

grassland 36%

80 km

920 m

grassland 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Hartbeespoort 14 km · Letlhabile 18 km · Ga-Rankuwa 22 km · Marikana 31 km · Mabopane 32 km · Hartbeestfontein-A 35 km · Soshanguve 37 km · Diepsloot 40 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

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 Brits (-25.6347°, 27.7802°, elevation 1,118 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
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	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	24	10
7	24	10
8	24	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	9
12	23	9
13	23	9
14	23	9
15	23	9
16	23	9
17	23	9
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	22	8
21	22	8
22	22	8
23	22	8
24	22	8
25	22	7
26	22	7
27	22	7
28	22	7
29	22	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
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	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	24	10
7	24	10
8	24	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	9
12	23	9
13	23	9
14	23	9
15	23	9
16	23	9
17	23	9
18	23	8
19	23	8
20	22	8
21	22	8
22	22	8
23	22	8
24	22	8
25	22	7
26	22	7
27	22	7
28	22	7
29	22	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	91	9
10	90	10
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
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