Vancouver Weather in May
Vancouver in May
The short of it: Vancouver in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 18 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 80 mm · daylight 15 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Vancouver an average May high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 80 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 18°; nights run about 10°. Wet spells are common — about 80 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 18 min in mid-May, 98 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Vancouver runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Fairview, 2 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Vancouver, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 40 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FairviewBritish Columbia | 2 km NNW | 17° | 10° | 80 mm |
| South GranvilleBritish Columbia | 2 km NW | 17° | 10° | 80 mm |
| Mt PleasantBritish Columbia | 2 km NE | 18° | 10° | 85 mm |
| Riley ParkBritish Columbia | 2 km ESE | 18° | 10° | 80 mm |
| Mount PleasantBritish Columbia | 2 km NE | 18° | 10° | 85 mm |
| ChinatownBritish Columbia | 4 km NNE | 18° | 10° | 85 mm |
| SunsetBritish Columbia | 4 km SSE | 18° | 10° | 80 mm |
| Downtown VancouverBritish Columbia | 4 km N | 18° | 10° | 85 mm |