Béthune Weather in May
Béthune in May
The short of it: Béthune in May averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 27 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 53 mm · daylight 15 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Béthune brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 9°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 27 min in mid-May, 104 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, Béthune runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Bruay-la-Buissière, 8 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Béthune, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruay-la-BuissièreHauts-de-France | 8 km SW | 18° | 9° | 53 mm |
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 16 km SE | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| LensHauts-de-France | 17 km SE | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 23 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| ArmentièresHauts-de-France | 24 km NE | 18° | 9° | 56 mm |
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 26 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |
| LommeHauts-de-France | 28 km ENE | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 28 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |