Gap Weather in May
Gap in May
The short of it: Gap in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 67 mm · daylight 14 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
May in Gap brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 8°, with about 67 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 20°, with nights near 8°. Wet spells are common — about 67 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 47 min in mid-May, 82 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and drier than most in May. Veynes, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 19° | 7° | 77 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 19° | 7° | 70 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 21° | 9° | 66 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 22° | 9° | 60 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 19° | 7° | 92 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 17° | 6° | 82 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 21° | 9° | 61 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 19° | 7° | 88 mm |