Bourgueil Weather in May
Bourgueil in May
The short of it: Bourgueil in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 56 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 4 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 21° · low 9° · rain 56 mm · daylight 15 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Bourgueil brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 9°, with about 56 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 56 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 4 min in mid-May, 91 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Bourgueil runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Chinon, 14 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bourgueil, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChinonCentre-Val de Loire | 14 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 57 mm |
| SaumurPays de la Loire | 19 km W | 21° | 10° | 54 mm |
| JumellesPays de la Loire | 26 km NW | 20° | 9° | 54 mm |
| Montreuil-BellayPays de la Loire | 29 km SW | 20° | 9° | 55 mm |
| LoudunNew Aquitaine | 31 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 56 mm |
| LuynesCentre-Val de Loire | 31 km ENE | 20° | 9° | 55 mm |
| Beaufort-en-ValléePays de la Loire | 34 km WNW | 21° | 9° | 54 mm |
| Ballan-MiréCentre-Val de Loire | 34 km E | 20° | 9° | 55 mm |