Ostend Weather in May
Ostend in May
The short of it: Ostend in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 33 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 17° · low 9° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 33 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Ostend brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 9°, with about 52 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 33 min in mid-May, 107 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, Ostend runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Zedelgem, 17 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ostend, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZedelgemFlanders | 17 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 57 mm |
| BruggeFlanders | 21 km E | 17° | 9° | 56 mm |
| OostkampFlanders | 22 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 56 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 23 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 48 mm |
| AssebroekFlanders | 23 km E | 18° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders | 28 km ENE | 17° | 10° | 54 mm |
| RoeselareFlanders | 33 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| MaldegemFlanders | 36 km E | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |