Kelowna Weather in May
Kelowna in May
The short of it: Kelowna in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 33 mm (1.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 33 mm · daylight 15 h 22 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Kelowna an average May high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 33 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 21°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 33 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 22 min in mid-May, 101 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Kelowna runs about middling and drier than most in May. Lakeview Heights, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kelowna, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview HeightsBritish Columbia | 4 km WSW | 21° | 8° | 31 mm |
| Traders CoveBritish Columbia | 7 km NNW | 19° | 6° | 38 mm |
| West KelownaBritish Columbia | 7 km WSW | 21° | 8° | 34 mm |
| Okanagan MissionBritish Columbia | 7 km S | 20° | 7° | 34 mm |
| RutlandBritish Columbia | 7 km ENE | 22° | 8° | 36 mm |
| EllisonBritish Columbia | 10 km ENE | 21° | 7° | 39 mm |
| Smith CreekBritish Columbia | 10 km WSW | 20° | 7° | 35 mm |
| GellatlyBritish Columbia | 12 km SW | 21° | 8° | 32 mm |