Arras Weather in May
Arras in May
The short of it: Arras in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 9° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Arras brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 9°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 26 min in mid-May, 103 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Arras runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Avion, 14 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Arras, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AvionHauts-de-France | 14 km NNE | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 14 km N | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| LensHauts-de-France | 16 km NNE | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 19 km NE | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |
| DouaiHauts-de-France | 23 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 57 mm |
| CarvinHauts-de-France | 25 km NNE | 18° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Sin-le-NobleHauts-de-France | 26 km ENE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Bruay-la-BuissièreHauts-de-France | 27 km NW | 18° | 9° | 53 mm |