Dunkirk Weather in May
Dunkirk in May
The short of it: Dunkirk in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 31 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 10° · rain 45 mm · daylight 15 h 31 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
May in Dunkirk brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 10°, with about 45 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 10°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 31 min in mid-May, 106 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Dunkirk runs about middling and about as wet in May. Coudekerque-Branche, 2 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Dunkirk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 31 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudekerque-BrancheHauts-de-France | 2 km SE | 17° | 10° | 45 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-MerHauts-de-France | 3 km W | 17° | 10° | 44 mm |
| Grande-SyntheHauts-de-France | 6 km WSW | 17° | 10° | 45 mm |
| KoksijdeFlanders | 20 km ENE | 17° | 9° | 48 mm |
| PoperingeFlanders | 32 km SE | 18° | 9° | 54 mm |
| HazebrouckHauts-de-France | 36 km SSE | 17° | 9° | 52 mm |
| CalaisHauts-de-France | 38 km WSW | 17° | 10° | 38 mm |
| IeperFlanders | 41 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 55 mm |