Exeter Weather in May
Exeter in May
The short of it: Exeter in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (40 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 62 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
May in Exeter brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 5°, with about 62 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 5°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-May, 56 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Exeter runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Bowral, 18 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Exeter, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BowralNew South Wales | 18 km NNE | 16° | 5° | 64 mm |
| NowraNew South Wales | 40 km SE | 20° | 10° | 81 mm |
| Albion ParkNew South Wales | 42 km E | 20° | 11° | 81 mm |
| DaptoNew South Wales | 45 km ENE | 20° | 11° | 80 mm |
| FigtreeNew South Wales | 53 km ENE | 20° | 11° | 86 mm |
| Wollongong city centreNew South Wales | 56 km ENE | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| WollongongNew South Wales | 57 km ENE | 20° | 12° | 89 mm |
| GoulburnNew South Wales | 57 km WSW | 17° | 4° | 32 mm |