Chartres Weather in May
Chartres in May
The short of it: Chartres in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Chartres brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 9°, with about 55 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 3rd 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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Chartres runs about middling and drier than most in May. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 53 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Chartres, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesÎle-de-France | 53 km NE | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| VersaillesÎle-de-France | 62 km NE | 19° | 10° | 59 mm |
| OrléansCentre-Val de Loire | 68 km SSE | 21° | 9° | 66 mm |
| AntonyÎle-de-France | 68 km ENE | 20° | 10° | 60 mm |
| ÉvreuxNormandy | 69 km NNW | 19° | 9° | 43 mm |
| ClamartÎle-de-France | 70 km NE | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Boulogne-BillancourtÎle-de-France | 70 km NE | 20° | 10° | 58 mm |
| Rueil-MalmaisonÎle-de-France | 70 km NE | 20° | 10° | 57 mm |