Banff Weather in May
Banff in May
The short of it: Banff in May averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 0° · rain 53 mm · daylight 15 h 32 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Banff an average May high of 13°, a low of 0° and some 53 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 13°, with nights near 0°. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 32 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Banff runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Canmore, 18 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Banff, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanmoreAlberta | 18 km SE | 14° | 0° | 60 mm |
| CochraneAlberta | 77 km E | 16° | 2° | 63 mm |
| TuscanyAlberta | 93 km E | 16° | 2° | 54 mm |
| Royal OakAlberta | 94 km E | 16° | 2° | 56 mm |
| Arbour LakeAlberta | 95 km E | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| West SpringsAlberta | 97 km E | 16° | 2° | 53 mm |
| CitadelAlberta | 97 km E | 16° | 2° | 57 mm |
| Aspen WoodsAlberta | 97 km E | 16° | 2° | 53 mm |