Foix Weather in May
Foix in May
The short of it: Foix in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 92 mm (3.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 92 mm · daylight 14 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & July
Thirty years of records give Foix an average May high of 20°, a low of 9° and some 92 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 92 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 38 min in mid-May, 78 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Foix runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Tarascon-sur-Ariège, 13 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Foix, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarascon-sur-AriègeOccitanie | 13 km S | 19° | 9° | 92 mm |
| PamiersOccitanie | 17 km N | 20° | 10° | 84 mm |
| LavelanetOccitanie | 20 km E | 19° | 9° | 90 mm |
| SaverdunOccitanie | 30 km N | 21° | 10° | 82 mm |
| Saint-GironsOccitanie | 38 km W | 20° | 9° | 104 mm |
| AuteriveOccitanie | 44 km NNW | 21° | 10° | 78 mm |
| la MassanaLa Massana | 47 km S | 14° | 4° | 118 mm |
| QuillanOccitanie | 48 km ESE | 20° | 10° | 75 mm |