Castres Weather in May
Castres in May
The short of it: Castres 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 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 72 mm · daylight 14 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Castres 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. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 72 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 42 min in mid-May, 79 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Castres runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Labruguière, 8 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Castres, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LabruguièreOccitanie | 8 km SSE | 21° | 11° | 74 mm |
| AussillonOccitanie | 15 km SE | 19° | 10° | 82 mm |
| MazametOccitanie | 16 km SE | 19° | 10° | 82 mm |
| RevelOccitanie | 25 km SW | 22° | 11° | 78 mm |
| GraulhetOccitanie | 27 km NW | 23° | 11° | 70 mm |
| LavaurOccitanie | 36 km WNW | 22° | 11° | 71 mm |
| AlbiOccitanie | 37 km NNW | 24° | 11° | 67 mm |
| Saint-JuéryOccitanie | 38 km N | 23° | 11° | 67 mm |