Castries Weather in May
Castries in May
The short of it: Castries in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 46 mm · daylight 14 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & March
Thirty years of records give Castries an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 46 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 42 min in mid-May, 80 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 June and March.
Against its neighbours, Castries runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Baillargues, 3 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Castries, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaillarguesOccitanie | 3 km SE | 23° | 13° | 45 mm |
| Le CrèsOccitanie | 5 km SW | 23° | 13° | 45 mm |
| MauguioOccitanie | 7 km SSE | 23° | 13° | 43 mm |
| Castelnau-le-LezOccitanie | 8 km SW | 23° | 13° | 44 mm |
| MontpellierOccitanie | 11 km SW | 23° | 13° | 44 mm |
| LunelOccitanie | 12 km E | 24° | 13° | 46 mm |
| PérolsOccitanie | 13 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 42 mm |
| LattesOccitanie | 14 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 42 mm |