Margate Weather in May
Margate in May
The short of it: Margate in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 9 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 54 mm · daylight 9 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
May in Margate brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 6°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 42 min in mid-May, 76 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Margate runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Snug, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Margate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SnugTasmania | 4 km S | 15° | 7° | 53 mm |
| Blackmans BayTasmania | 5 km ENE | 14° | 6° | 54 mm |
| KingstonTasmania | 7 km NNE | 15° | 6° | 51 mm |
| Kingston BeachTasmania | 7 km NE | 15° | 6° | 51 mm |
| TaroonaTasmania | 12 km NE | 14° | 6° | 54 mm |
| Mount NelsonTasmania | 13 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 60 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 14 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 15 km NNE | 14° | 6° | 52 mm |