Nîmes Weather in May
Nîmes in May
The short of it: Nîmes in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 54 mm · daylight 14 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & March
Thirty years of records give Nîmes an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 54 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 43 min in mid-May, 80 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 June and March.
Against its neighbours, Nîmes runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Marguerittes, 7 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Nîmes, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarguerittesOccitanie | 7 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 53 mm |
| VauvertOccitanie | 17 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 48 mm |
| Saint-GillesOccitanie | 19 km SSE | 24° | 13° | 48 mm |
| BeaucaireOccitanie | 23 km E | 24° | 13° | 54 mm |
| TarasconProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 25 km E | 24° | 13° | 54 mm |
| LunelOccitanie | 25 km SW | 24° | 13° | 46 mm |
| ArlesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 28 km SE | 24° | 13° | 52 mm |
| Les AnglesOccitanie | 35 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 57 mm |