Sooke Weather in May
Sooke in May
The short of it: Sooke in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 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 7° · rain 40 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Sooke an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 9th 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, Sooke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Metchosin, 14 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Sooke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 34 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetchosinBritish Columbia | 14 km E | 17° | 8° | 30 mm |
| LangfordBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 32 mm |
| ColwoodBritish Columbia | 19 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 31 mm |
| View RoyalBritish Columbia | 22 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 30 mm |
| EsquimaltBritish Columbia | 24 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| TillicumBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| James BayBritish Columbia | 26 km E | 17° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Rural SaanichBritish Columbia | 26 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 32 mm |