Ruwa weather in May

In May, Ruwa sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. 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 24 min at the start of May to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ruwa's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ruwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
10th warmest
Overnight low
10°
4th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:16 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
30%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Ruwa is town in Harare Province, Zimbabwe.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ruwa reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ruwa 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°20619.7135.2
Feb25° / 16°13814.312.65.8
Mar25° / 15°9311.612.16.6
Apr24° / 13°345.411.68.0
May23° / 10°81.611.28.6
Jun21° / 20.710.98.5
Jul20° / 10.2118.5
Aug23° / 10°10.311.49.2
Sep27° / 13°40.811.98.7
Oct28° / 15°315.512.47.5
Nov27° / 16°1001312.86.1
Dec25° / 16°19319.613.15.2

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ruwa gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 6% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
185132
288111
389101
49091
59271
69460
79460
89550
99640
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119640
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:115:33
211.36:125:32
311.36:125:32
411.36:125:31
511.36:135:31
611.36:135:30
711.36:135:30
811.36:145:29
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1811.16:175:25
1911.16:175:25
2011.16:185:25
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2211.16:195:24
2311.16:195:24
2411.16:195:24
2511.16:205:24
2611.16:205:24
2711.06:205:23
2811.06:215:23
2911.06:215:23
3011.06:225:23
3111.06:225:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ruwa

In seasonPeak

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

Ruwa'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 Ruwa?

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

8.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ruwa in May

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

In May, Ruwa sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ruwa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ruwa peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 16UV 16Jun 20UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ruwa 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 Ruwa is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (January, 10 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 1941 µg/m³Jan 110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul37Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct28Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ruwa?

Ruwa sits at 17.9°S, 31.2°E, 1,562 m above sea level, in Zimbabwe. The nearest listed city is Epworth, 10 km away.

MaronderaNortonBindura

Topography around Ruwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ruwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 1,545 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m.

The land around Ruwa is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (28%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (32%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
319 m
80 km
860 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Epworth 10 km · Harare 21 km · Chitungwiza 23 km · Mount Hampden 36 km · Harare Western Suburbs 39 km · Marondera 46 km · Norton 58 km · Bindura 66 km

Zimbabwe travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 56% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,021
2025
Happiness
3.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
25%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
41.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Apostolic Sect 40%Pentecostal 17%Protestant 14%none 8%

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 Ruwa (-17.8897°, 31.2447°, elevation 1,562 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).