Avignon Weather in May
Avignon in May
The short of it: Avignon in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 13° · rain 58 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & May
Thirty years of records give Avignon an average May high of 25°, a low of 13° and some 58 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 25°, with nights near 13°. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and May.
Against its neighbours, Avignon runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Le Pontet, 4 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Avignon, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 4 km ENE | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 9 km NE | 25° | 13° | 58 mm |
| L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km E | 25° | 12° | 57 mm |
| TarasconProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km SW | 24° | 13° | 54 mm |
| BeaucaireOccitanie | 20 km SW | 24° | 13° | 54 mm |
| OrangeProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 21 km N | 25° | 12° | 62 mm |
| CavaillonProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 22 km SE | 24° | 13° | 58 mm |
| CarpentrasProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 23 km ENE | 25° | 12° | 60 mm |