Pau Weather in May
Pau in May
The short of it: Pau in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 109 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 11° · rain 109 mm · daylight 14 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & September
May in Pau brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 11°, with about 109 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 109 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 40 min in mid-May, 79 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Pau runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Bizanos, 3 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Pau, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BizanosNew Aquitaine | 3 km S | 20° | 11° | 104 mm |
| GelosNew Aquitaine | 3 km SSW | 20° | 11° | 104 mm |
| BillèreNew Aquitaine | 3 km WSW | 21° | 12° | 107 mm |
| JurançonNew Aquitaine | 4 km SW | 20° | 11° | 102 mm |
| IdronNew Aquitaine | 4 km SE | 21° | 11° | 106 mm |
| LonsNew Aquitaine | 4 km W | 21° | 12° | 107 mm |
| LescarNew Aquitaine | 7 km WNW | 21° | 11° | 106 mm |
| Serres-CastetNew Aquitaine | 8 km N | 20° | 11° | 107 mm |