Stutterheim weather in May

In May, Stutterheim sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 Stutterheim's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stutterheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:57 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Stutterheim is town.

Density: 292/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1876

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical May day in Stutterheim reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7

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

Stutterheim weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 15°	128	17	13.9	5.7
Feb	25° / 15°	119	15.7	13.2	5.6
Mar	25° / 14°	114	14.8	12.2	6.3
Apr	23° / 11°	76	9.8	11.2	6.9
May	21° / 9°	25	4.9	10.4	7.6
Jun	19° / 6°	21	3.2	9.9	7.6
Jul	19° / 6°	23	3.8	10.1	7.6
Aug	20° / 7°	36	5.9	10.8	7.4
Sep	22° / 9°	56	8.2	11.8	7.0
Oct	22° / 10°	96	13.6	12.8	6.2
Nov	23° / 12°	113	14	13.7	6.0
Dec	24° / 14°	131	16.5	14.1	5.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 31%. 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 (%)	67	68	68	68	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	33	32	32	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Stutterheim gets around 25 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

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 98% 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 (%)	92	93	94	95	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
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 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:46 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:09 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	10.7	10.6	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	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:46	5:29
2	10.7	6:46	5:28
3	10.7	6:47	5:27
4	10.6	6:48	5:27
5	10.6	6:49	5:26
6	10.6	6:49	5:25
7	10.6	6:50	5:24
8	10.5	6:51	5:23
9	10.5	6:51	5:22
10	10.5	6:52	5:21
11	10.5	6:53	5:20
12	10.4	6:54	5:20
13	10.4	6:54	5:19
14	10.4	6:55	5:18
15	10.4	6:56	5:17
16	10.3	6:57	5:17
17	10.3	6:57	5:16
18	10.3	6:58	5:15
19	10.3	6:59	5:15
20	10.2	6:59	5:14
21	10.2	7:00	5:13
22	10.2	7:01	5:13
23	10.2	7:01	5:12
24	10.2	7:02	5:12
25	10.1	7:03	5:11
26	10.1	7:03	5:11
27	10.1	7:04	5:10
28	10.1	7:05	5:10
29	10.1	7:05	5:09
30	10.1	7:06	5:09
31	10.0	7:07	5:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.38 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)	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Stutterheim

In seasonPeak

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

Stutterheim'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 Stutterheim?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Stutterheim in May

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

In May, Stutterheim sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Stutterheim in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stutterheim peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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	12	10	6	5	3	3	5	6	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Stutterheim 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 Stutterheim is worst in August — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (January, 7 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)	7	7	10	12	16	17	19	23	18	12	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	12	Good
May	16	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Stutterheim?

Stutterheim sits at 32.6°S, 27.4°E, 849 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Bhisho, 31 km away.

Topography around Stutterheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stutterheim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 829 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,090 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,008 m.

The land around Stutterheim is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

250 m

grassland 62%

16 km

1,090 m

grassland 60%

80 km

2,008 m

grassland 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Bhisho 31 km · Qonce 35 km · Dimbaza 35 km · Ndevana 38 km · Mdantsane 52 km · Alice 60 km · East London 67 km · Gonubie 69 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 Stutterheim (-32.5708°, 27.424°, elevation 849 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	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	9
9	22	9
10	22	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	20	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
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	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	9
9	22	9
10	22	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	20	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
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	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	9
9	22	9
10	22	9
11	22	9
12	22	9
13	22	9
14	22	9
15	22	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	21	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	20	8
28	20	8
29	20	8
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0