Carpentras Weather in May
Carpentras in May
The short of it: Carpentras in May averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 60 mm · daylight 14 h 44 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Carpentras an average May high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 60 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 25°, with nights near 12°. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 44 min in mid-May, 81 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Carpentras runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Monteux, 5 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Carpentras, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonteuxProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 5 km WSW | 25° | 12° | 57 mm |
| Pernes-les-FontainesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 6 km S | 25° | 12° | 59 mm |
| VedèneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 14 km SW | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 15 km WSW | 25° | 13° | 58 mm |
| L'Isle-sur-la-SorgueProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 15 km S | 25° | 12° | 57 mm |
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 18 km SW | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| MontfavetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 19 km SW | 25° | 13° | 58 mm |
| OrangeProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 21 km WNW | 25° | 12° | 62 mm |