Esquimalt Weather in May
Esquimalt in May
The short of it: Esquimalt in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 29 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 29 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
May in Esquimalt brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 9°, with about 29 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 29 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Esquimalt runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Tillicum, 2 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Esquimalt, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 2 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Victoria WestBritish Columbia | 2 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 3 km SE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Victoria-DowntownBritish Columbia | 4 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| View RoyalBritish Columbia | 4 km NW | 17° | 9° | 30 mm |
| CareyBritish Columbia | 4 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 31 mm |
| Hillside-QuadraBritish Columbia | 4 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| VictoriaBritish Columbia | 4 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |