Gent Weather in May
Gent in May
The short of it: Gent in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 54 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Gent brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 10°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 106 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Gent runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Lokeren, 20 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gent, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LokerenFlanders | 20 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| AalstFlanders | 26 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| DendermondeFlanders | 27 km E | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| WaregemFlanders | 27 km SW | 19° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Sint-NiklaasFlanders | 32 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| NinoveFlanders | 33 km SE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| BruggeFlanders | 39 km WNW | 17° | 9° | 56 mm |
| KortrijkFlanders | 40 km SW | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |