La Rochefoucauld Weather in May
La Rochefoucauld in May
The short of it: La Rochefoucauld in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 10° · rain 62 mm · daylight 14 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & September
Thirty years of records give La Rochefoucauld an average May high of 21°, a low of 10° and some 62 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 54 min in mid-May, 86 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 September.
Against its neighbours, La Rochefoucauld runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure, 10 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in La Rochefoucauld, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chasseneuil-sur-BonnieureNew Aquitaine | 10 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 64 mm |
| BrieNew Aquitaine | 11 km W | 21° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Ruelle-sur-TouvreNew Aquitaine | 14 km WSW | 22° | 10° | 61 mm |
| ChampniersNew Aquitaine | 14 km WSW | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Gond-PontouvreNew Aquitaine | 18 km WSW | 22° | 10° | 61 mm |
| SoyauxNew Aquitaine | 18 km SW | 22° | 10° | 63 mm |
| AngoulêmeNew Aquitaine | 21 km WSW | 22° | 11° | 62 mm |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteNew Aquitaine | 21 km WSW | 22° | 11° | 60 mm |