Paris Weather in May
Paris in May
The short of it: Paris in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 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 21° · low 11° · rain 61 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Paris an average May high of 21°, a low of 11° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-May, 97 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Paris runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Paris 05 Panthéon, 1 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Paris, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 05 PanthéonÎle-de-France | 1 km S | 21° | 11° | 61 mm |
| Paris 10 EntrepôtÎle-de-France | 2 km NNE | 21° | 11° | 61 mm |
| Paris 09 OpéraÎle-de-France | 2 km NNW | 21° | 11° | 61 mm |
| Paris 11 PopincourtÎle-de-France | 2 km E | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Paris 11e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 2 km ENE | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Paris 13 GobelinsÎle-de-France | 2 km SSE | 21° | 11° | 61 mm |
| Paris 10e ArrondissementÎle-de-France | 3 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Paris 14 ObservatoireÎle-de-France | 3 km SW | 21° | 11° | 61 mm |