Ajaccio Weather in May
Ajaccio in May
The short of it: Ajaccio in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 12° · rain 39 mm · daylight 14 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Ajaccio brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 12°, with about 39 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 22°, with nights near 12°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 32 min in mid-May, 75 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Ajaccio runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Alata, 6 km to the N, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Ajaccio, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlataCorsica | 6 km N | 21° | 12° | 41 mm |
| AfaCorsica | 9 km NE | 22° | 12° | 41 mm |
| AppiettoCorsica | 11 km NNE | 20° | 12° | 44 mm |
| PietrosellaCorsica | 13 km SE | 20° | 12° | 42 mm |
| CauroCorsica | 15 km E | 21° | 12° | 41 mm |
| SarrolaCorsica | 15 km NE | 21° | 12° | 46 mm |
| Cuttoli-CorticchiatoCorsica | 16 km ENE | 18° | 10° | 50 mm |
| PeriCorsica | 18 km ENE | 19° | 11° | 47 mm |