Toronto Weather in May
Toronto in May
The short of it: Toronto in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 12° · rain 86 mm · daylight 10 h 26 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & September
May in Toronto brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 12°, with about 86 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 26 min in mid-May, 52 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and September.
Against its neighbours, Toronto runs about middling and drier than most in May. Valentine, 5 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Toronto, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° colder, 13 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ValentineNew South Wales | 5 km E | 21° | 12° | 91 mm |
| EleebanaNew South Wales | 5 km NE | 21° | 11° | 88 mm |
| BelmontNew South Wales | 6 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 91 mm |
| Belmont NorthNew South Wales | 7 km E | 21° | 12° | 96 mm |
| Warners BayNew South Wales | 7 km NE | 21° | 11° | 88 mm |
| EdgeworthNew South Wales | 10 km NNE | 21° | 11° | 78 mm |
| CharlestownNew South Wales | 11 km ENE | 21° | 11° | 94 mm |
| Cameron ParkNew South Wales | 12 km N | 20° | 11° | 75 mm |