Le Mans Weather in May
Le Mans in May
The short of it: Le Mans in May averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 9° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 9 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
May in Le Mans brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 9°, with about 51 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 9 min in mid-May, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Le Mans runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Coulaines, 2 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Le Mans, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoulainesPays de la Loire | 2 km N | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| AllonnesPays de la Loire | 5 km SW | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| ChangéPays de la Loire | 6 km ESE | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| ArnagePays de la Loire | 9 km S | 20° | 9° | 52 mm |
| MulsannePays de la Loire | 11 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 51 mm |
| ÉcommoyPays de la Loire | 20 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 52 mm |
| BonnétablePays de la Loire | 26 km NE | 19° | 9° | 52 mm |
| Château-du-LoirPays de la Loire | 38 km SSE | 20° | 9° | 53 mm |