Bordeaux Weather in May
Bordeaux in May
The short of it: Bordeaux in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 72 mm · daylight 14 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & September
Thirty years of records give Bordeaux an average May high of 22°, a low of 11° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 22°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 49 min in mid-May, 83 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and September.
Against its neighbours, Bordeaux runs about middling and about as wet in May. Le Bouscat, 3 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bordeaux, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le BouscatNew Aquitaine | 3 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 73 mm |
| TalenceNew Aquitaine | 4 km S | 23° | 11° | 73 mm |
| CenonNew Aquitaine | 4 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 72 mm |
| BèglesNew Aquitaine | 4 km SSE | 23° | 11° | 72 mm |
| FloiracNew Aquitaine | 4 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 70 mm |
| MérignacNew Aquitaine | 5 km W | 22° | 11° | 74 mm |
| BrugesNew Aquitaine | 5 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 72 mm |
| PessacNew Aquitaine | 6 km SW | 22° | 11° | 73 mm |