Mansa weather in May

In May, Mansa sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mansa's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mansa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
6th warmest
Overnight low
15°
4th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:16 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
32%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.8
out of 10

Mansa is city in Zambia.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical May day in Mansa reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Mansa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 18°24827.512.63.8
Feb26° / 18°21423.712.44.0
Mar26° / 18°17622.712.14.7
Apr26° / 17°386.611.87.3
May26° / 15°20.411.58.8
Jun25° / 13°0011.49.4
Jul24° / 13°0011.49.4
Aug27° / 15°0011.68.8
Sep30° / 18°10.411.96.8
Oct31° / 20°183.312.35.4
Nov29° / 19°12415.912.54.8
Dec26° / 18°24126.312.64.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27723
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68020
78119
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mansa gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13143251
23443231
33742210
44041190
54340170
64639150
74838140
85137120
95336110
10563590
11583480
12613360
13633250
14653140
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16682930
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18712720
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24782110
25802000
26821800
27831700
28841600
29861400
30871300
31891100

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:135:50
211.66:135:49
311.66:145:49
411.66:145:49
511.66:145:48
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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 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mansa

In seasonPeak

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

Mansa's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Mansa?

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

8.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mansa in May

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

In May, Mansa sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mansa 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 Mansa peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jun 20UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mansa 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 Mansa is worst in August — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 11.5× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateAug 2376 µg/m³May 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun10Good
Jul30Moderate
Aug76Unhealthy
Sep74Unhealthy
Oct39Poor
Nov18Moderate
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mansa?

Mansa sits at 11.2°S, 28.9°E, 1,216 m above sea level, in Zambia. The nearest listed city is Samfya, 75 km away.

SamfyaMokamboLuwinguMwansabombweKawambwaLubumbashiMufuliraChililabombwe

Topography around Mansa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mansa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 1,210 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m.

The land around Mansa is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), grassland (28%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
159 m
80 km
467 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Samfya 75 km · Mokambo 149 km · Luwingu 154 km · Mwansabombwe 154 km · Kawambwa 158 km · Lubumbashi 163 km · Mufulira 166 km · Chililabombwe 174 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
Protestant 75%Roman Catholic 20%other 3%none 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 Mansa (-11.1998°, 28.8943°, elevation 1,216 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).