Cherbourg Weather in May
Cherbourg in May
The short of it: Cherbourg in May averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 9° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Cherbourg an average May high of 16°, a low of 9° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-May, 100 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 August and July.
Against its neighbours, Cherbourg runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Octeville, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Cherbourg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OctevilleNormandy | 2 km SW | 16° | 9° | 57 mm |
| Équeurdreville-HainnevilleNormandy | 3 km WNW | 16° | 9° | 57 mm |
| TourlavilleNormandy | 4 km E | 16° | 9° | 58 mm |
| La GlacerieNormandy | 5 km SSE | 16° | 9° | 61 mm |
| QuerquevilleNormandy | 6 km WNW | 16° | 9° | 57 mm |
| DigosvilleNormandy | 7 km E | 16° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Urville-NacquevilleNormandy | 9 km WNW | 16° | 9° | 54 mm |
| BrixNormandy | 11 km SSE | 16° | 9° | 62 mm |