Douai Weather in May
Douai in May
The short of it: Douai in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 26 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 9° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 26 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Douai an average May high of 19°, a low of 9° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 26 min in mid-May, 103 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Douai runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Hénin-Beaumont, 9 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Douai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 26 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 9 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 57 mm |
| LensHauts-de-France | 19 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 22 km WNW | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 23 km WSW | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |
| DenainHauts-de-France | 23 km ESE | 19° | 9° | 59 mm |
| CambraiHauts-de-France | 24 km SSE | 19° | 9° | 59 mm |
| LoosHauts-de-France | 27 km N | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Villeneuve-d'AscqHauts-de-France | 28 km NNE | 19° | 9° | 60 mm |