Toronto Weather in May
Toronto in May
The short of it: Toronto in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 80 mm · daylight 14 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Toronto an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 80 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 42 min in mid-May, 80 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Toronto runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Mount Pleasant West, 0 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Toronto, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant WestOntario | 0 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 80 mm |
| AnnexOntario | 4 km S | 19° | 9° | 80 mm |
| Banbury-Don MillsOntario | 5 km NE | 18° | 9° | 79 mm |
| Church-Yonge CorridorOntario | 5 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 79 mm |
| Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-JunctionOntario | 6 km SW | 18° | 9° | 78 mm |
| WillowdaleOntario | 7 km N | 18° | 8° | 80 mm |
| NiagaraOntario | 7 km S | 18° | 9° | 79 mm |
| Willowdale EastOntario | 7 km N | 18° | 8° | 80 mm |