Ceres weather in May

In May, Ceres sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 63 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ceres's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ceres's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:31 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Ceres is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Founded: 1854

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 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ceres reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°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)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

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

Ceres weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 16°	15	2.9	14	6.8
Feb	30° / 16°	13	2.4	13.2	6.8
Mar	28° / 14°	19	3.2	12.3	7.8
Apr	24° / 11°	42	4.7	11.2	8.1
May	20° / 8°	63	6.8	10.3	7.1
Jun	16° / 5°	105	8.7	9.8	5.5
Jul	16° / 4°	87	8	10	5.4
Aug	16° / 5°	75	8.6	10.8	5.6
Sep	19° / 7°	52	6.4	11.8	6.7
Oct	22° / 9°	36	5.2	12.8	7.7
Nov	25° / 11°	36	5.1	13.7	8.2
Dec	28° / 14°	20	3.7	14.2	7.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	70	69	70	70	70	71	70	70	70	70	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	67	65	65	63	62	61	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	59
Cloudier (%)	30	31	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	35	35	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ceres gets around 63 mm of rain over 6.8 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 21% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	30

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

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.

	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 (%)	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	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	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
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 7 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:19 AM to 7:41 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:39 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)	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:19	6:01
2	10.7	7:20	6:00
3	10.6	7:21	5:59
4	10.6	7:21	5:58
5	10.6	7:22	5:57
6	10.5	7:23	5:56
7	10.5	7:24	5:55
8	10.5	7:25	5:54
9	10.5	7:25	5:53
10	10.4	7:26	5:52
11	10.4	7:27	5:51
12	10.4	7:28	5:50
13	10.4	7:28	5:50
14	10.3	7:29	5:49
15	10.3	7:30	5:48
16	10.3	7:31	5:47
17	10.3	7:31	5:47
18	10.2	7:32	5:46
19	10.2	7:33	5:45
20	10.2	7:34	5:45
21	10.2	7:34	5:44
22	10.1	7:35	5:44
23	10.1	7:36	5:43
24	10.1	7:36	5:42
25	10.1	7:37	5:42
26	10.1	7:38	5:41
27	10.0	7:38	5:41
28	10.0	7:39	5:41
29	10.0	7:40	5:40
30	10.0	7:40	5:40
31	10.0	7:41	5:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.63 kWh/m² to a high of 8.52 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 3.25 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ceres

In seasonPeak

In May, Ceres sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ceres's rainy season runs May–September, 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 Ceres?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ceres in May

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

In May, Ceres sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ceres in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ceres peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (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	11	10	7	4	3	3	5	6	10	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Ceres 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 Ceres is worst in May — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 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)	10	10	12	21	25	24	24	22	17	12	8	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	12	Good
Apr	21	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ceres?

Ceres sits at 33.4°S, 19.3°E, 457 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Worcester, 33 km away.

Topography around Ceres

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ceres has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 801 m around an average of 510 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,909 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,249 m.

The land around Ceres is covered by grassland (35%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), shrubs (22%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), shrubs (27%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

801 m

grassland 35%

16 km

1,909 m

grassland 45%

80 km

2,249 m

grassland 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Worcester 33 km · Wellington 41 km · Paarl 51 km · Malmesbury 55 km · Le Roux 61 km · Franschhoek 63 km · Moorreesburg 65 km · Robertson 72 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 Ceres (-33.3689°, 19.3109°, elevation 457 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	22	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	19	8
22	19	7
23	19	7
24	19	7
25	18	7
26	18	7
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
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