Quimper Weather in May
Quimper in May
The short of it: Quimper in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 9 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 18° · low 10° · rain 67 mm · daylight 15 h 9 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Quimper an average May high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 67 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 10°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 67 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 9 min in mid-May, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Quimper runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Ergué-Gabéric, 5 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Quimper, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergué-GabéricBrittany | 5 km E | 18° | 10° | 67 mm |
| PlomelinBrittany | 8 km SSW | 17° | 10° | 66 mm |
| FouesnantBrittany | 13 km SSE | 18° | 10° | 64 mm |
| BriecBrittany | 14 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 70 mm |
| Pont-l'AbbéBrittany | 17 km SSW | 17° | 10° | 64 mm |
| Plonéour-LanvernBrittany | 17 km SW | 17° | 10° | 65 mm |
| ConcarneauBrittany | 19 km SE | 17° | 10° | 64 mm |
| RospordenBrittany | 20 km ESE | 17° | 9° | 67 mm |