Challans Weather in May
Challans in May
The short of it: Challans in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 11° · rain 48 mm · daylight 15 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Challans an average May high of 20°, a low of 11° and some 48 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 48 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 1 min in mid-May, 90 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Challans runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, 15 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Challans, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-de-RiezPays de la Loire | 15 km SSW | 20° | 11° | 47 mm |
| Saint-Jean-de-MontsPays de la Loire | 15 km WSW | 19° | 11° | 46 mm |
| MachecoulPays de la Loire | 17 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 47 mm |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-ViePays de la Loire | 17 km SSW | 20° | 11° | 47 mm |
| AizenayPays de la Loire | 24 km ESE | 20° | 10° | 48 mm |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-LieuPays de la Loire | 28 km NE | 20° | 10° | 48 mm |
| Le Poiré-sur-ViePays de la Loire | 29 km ESE | 20° | 10° | 48 mm |
| PornicPays de la Loire | 34 km NNW | 19° | 11° | 48 mm |