Lorient Weather in May
Lorient in May
The short of it: Lorient in May averages a high of 19 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 55 mm · daylight 15 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Lorient an average May high of 19°, a low of 10° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 7 min in mid-May, 93 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Lorient runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Lanester, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Lorient, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h