Madido weather in May

In May, Madido sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Madido's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madido's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:24 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical May day in Madido reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Avg low (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

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

Madido weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	222	24.8	12.8	4.1
Feb	27° / 19°	169	21.1	12.5	4.4
Mar	27° / 18°	106	16.9	12.1	5.5
Apr	26° / 16°	22	5	11.7	7.6
May	25° / 13°	3	0.8	11.3	8.8
Jun	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.1	9.2
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.1	11.2	9.1
Aug	26° / 13°	0	0	11.5	9.1
Sep	29° / 17°	2	0.3	11.9	7.2
Oct	31° / 20°	11	2.4	12.3	5.4
Nov	30° / 20°	82	12.6	12.7	4.6
Dec	27° / 19°	192	23	12.9	4.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. 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 (%)	80	80	81	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	87	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Madido gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 80% 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 (%)	56	59	61	63	66	68	70	71	74	76	77	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	87	88	88	88	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	92
Comfortable (%)	32	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8
Humid (%)	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	32	12
2	59	30	11
3	61	29	10
4	63	28	9
5	66	26	8
6	68	25	7
7	70	24	6
8	71	23	6
9	74	21	5
10	76	20	4
11	77	19	4
12	79	18	3
13	80	17	3
14	81	16	3
15	83	15	2
16	84	14	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	88	11	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	90	10	0
25	90	10	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	92	8	0

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	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	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
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16	12	calm
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23	12	calm
24	12	calm
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29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 5:47 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)	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:20	5:47
2	11.4	6:20	5:47
3	11.4	6:20	5:46
4	11.4	6:21	5:46
5	11.4	6:21	5:45
6	11.4	6:21	5:45
7	11.4	6:22	5:45
8	11.4	6:22	5:44
9	11.4	6:22	5:44
10	11.4	6:22	5:43
11	11.3	6:23	5:43
12	11.3	6:23	5:43
13	11.3	6:23	5:42
14	11.3	6:24	5:42
15	11.3	6:24	5:42
16	11.3	6:24	5:41
17	11.3	6:24	5:41
18	11.3	6:25	5:41
19	11.3	6:25	5:41
20	11.2	6:25	5:40
21	11.2	6:26	5:40
22	11.2	6:26	5:40
23	11.2	6:26	5:40
24	11.2	6:27	5:40
25	11.2	6:27	5:39
26	11.2	6:27	5:39
27	11.2	6:28	5:39
28	11.2	6:28	5:39
29	11.2	6:28	5:39
30	11.2	6:29	5:39
31	11.2	6:29	5:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.22 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	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Madido

In seasonPeak

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

Madido's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Madido?

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

8.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Madido in May

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

In May, Madido sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madido in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madido peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (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)	17	15	14	12	10	9	9	10	11	12	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Madido 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 Madido is worst in August — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	15	17	16	16	19	27	37	45	38	27	19	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Madido?

Madido sits at 15.4°S, 28.4°E, 1,229 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Ntandabale, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Madido

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madido has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 1,212 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,090 m.

The land around Madido is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (28%), grassland (23%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), trees (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

84 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

251 m

artificial surfaces 28%

80 km

1,090 m

grassland 31%

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

May weather nearby: Ntandabale 6.0 km · Lusaka 11 km · Chunga 12 km · Chisankane 14 km · Palabana 20 km · Namalombwe 20 km · Chilanga Township 27 km · Lusaka West 29 km

Zambia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 30% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,318; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 5.2; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 20.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 573
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 Madido (-15.3545°, 28.3742°, elevation 1,229 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	26	15
2	26	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
11	26	14
12	26	14
13	26	14
14	25	14
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	12
30	25	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	32	12
2	59	30	11
3	61	29	10
4	63	28	9
5	66	26	8
6	68	25	7
7	70	24	6
8	71	23	6
9	74	21	5
10	76	20	4
11	77	19	4
12	79	18	3
13	80	17	3
14	81	16	3
15	83	15	2
16	84	14	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	88	11	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	90	10	0
25	90	10	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	92	8	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	32	12
2	59	30	11
3	61	29	10
4	63	28	9
5	66	26	8
6	68	25	7
7	70	24	6
8	71	23	6
9	74	21	5
10	76	20	4
11	77	19	4
12	79	18	3
13	80	17	3
14	81	16	3
15	83	15	2
16	84	14	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	88	11	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	90	10	0
25	90	10	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	92	8	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	84	16
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	56	32	12
2	59	30	11
3	61	29	10
4	63	28	9
5	66	26	8
6	68	25	7
7	70	24	6
8	71	23	6
9	74	21	5
10	76	20	4
11	77	19	4
12	79	18	3
13	80	17	3
14	81	16	3
15	83	15	2
16	84	14	2
17	85	14	1
18	86	13	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	88	11	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	90	10	0
25	90	10	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	91	9	0
30	92	8	0
31	92	8	0