Nanaimo Weather in May
Nanaimo in May
The short of it: Nanaimo in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 17 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 45 mm · daylight 15 h 17 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Nanaimo an average May high of 18°, a low of 8° and some 45 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 17 min in mid-May, 98 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, Nanaimo runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. North Cowichan, 41 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Nanaimo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North CowichanBritish Columbia | 41 km SSE | 17° | 7° | 44 mm |
| DuncanBritish Columbia | 46 km SSE | 18° | 8° | 42 mm |
| University Endowment LandsBritish Columbia | 52 km ENE | 16° | 9° | 73 mm |
| SeafairBritish Columbia | 55 km E | 17° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Dunbar-SouthlandsBritish Columbia | 55 km E | 17° | 9° | 68 mm |
| StevestonBritish Columbia | 55 km E | 17° | 9° | 56 mm |
| ThompsonBritish Columbia | 56 km E | 17° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Arbutus RidgeBritish Columbia | 57 km E | 17° | 9° | 68 mm |