Comox Weather in May
Comox in May
The short of it: Comox in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 44 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Comox brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 44 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 18°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Comox runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Royston, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Comox, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 34 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- January
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoystonBritish Columbia | 4 km S | 18° | 8° | 45 mm |
| CourtenayBritish Columbia | 4 km W | 18° | 8° | 46 mm |
| CumberlandBritish Columbia | 10 km SW | 17° | 6° | 56 mm |
| Union BayBritish Columbia | 12 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 45 mm |
| Denman Island Trust AreaBritish Columbia | 18 km SE | 17° | 8° | 45 mm |
| Denman IslandBritish Columbia | 19 km SSE | 17° | 8° | 46 mm |
| Fanny BayBritish Columbia | 23 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 50 mm |
| Oyster RiverBritish Columbia | 25 km NW | 18° | 8° | 55 mm |