Orange Weather in May
Orange in May
The short of it: Orange in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 12° · rain 62 mm · daylight 14 h 45 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & May
Thirty years of records give Orange an average May high of 25°, a low of 12° and some 62 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 12°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 45 min in mid-May, 81 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 March and May.
Against its neighbours, Orange runs about middling and drier than most in May. Sorgues, 15 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Orange, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SorguesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 15 km SSE | 25° | 13° | 58 mm |
| Bagnols-sur-CèzeOccitanie | 15 km W | 23° | 12° | 64 mm |
| BollèneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 17 km NNW | 24° | 12° | 64 mm |
| Pont-Saint-EspritOccitanie | 18 km NW | 24° | 12° | 65 mm |
| MonteuxProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 19 km SE | 25° | 12° | 57 mm |
| Villeneuve-lès-AvignonOccitanie | 19 km S | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| VedèneProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 19 km SSE | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| Le PontetProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km SSE | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |