Lápithos Weather in May
Lápithos in May
The short of it: Lápithos in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 16° · rain 16 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Lápithos an average May high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 16 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 16°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-May, 58 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 April and November.
Against its neighbours, Lápithos runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Kyrenia, 13 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Lápithos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KyreniaKeryneia | 13 km E | 27° | 16° | 16 mm |
| KokkinotrimithiáNicosia | 21 km S | 29° | 15° | 21 mm |
| MórfouNicosia | 23 km SW | 28° | 16° | 12 mm |
| AkákiNicosia | 23 km S | 29° | 15° | 20 mm |
| Ágios DométiosNicosia | 24 km SE | 29° | 16° | 21 mm |
| NicosiaNicosia | 25 km SE | 29° | 16° | 21 mm |
| PeristerónaNicosia | 25 km SSW | 28° | 15° | 17 mm |
| AstromerítisNicosia | 25 km SSW | 29° | 15° | 16 mm |