Brest Weather in May
Brest in May
The short of it: Brest in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 66 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Brest an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 66 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 66 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 12 min in mid-May, 95 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Brest runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Bohars, 5 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Brest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 20 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoharsBrittany | 5 km NNW | 16° | 9° | 66 mm |
| GuilersBrittany | 7 km NW | 16° | 9° | 67 mm |
| Le Relecq-KerhuonBrittany | 7 km ENE | 16° | 9° | 64 mm |
| GouesnouBrittany | 7 km NNE | 16° | 9° | 67 mm |
| GuipavasBrittany | 8 km NE | 16° | 9° | 66 mm |
| Plougastel-DaoulasBrittany | 9 km ESE | 16° | 10° | 62 mm |
| PlouzanéBrittany | 10 km W | 16° | 9° | 65 mm |
| Saint-RenanBrittany | 11 km WNW | 16° | 9° | 66 mm |