Royan Weather in May
Royan in May
The short of it: Royan in May averages a high of 20 °C (69 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 14 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 11° · rain 58 mm · daylight 14 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & September
May in Royan brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 11°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 20°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 54 min in mid-May, 86 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 July and September.
Against its neighbours, Royan runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Vaux-sur-Mer, 3 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Royan, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-sur-MerNew Aquitaine | 3 km NW | 20° | 11° | 58 mm |
| Saint-Georges-de-DidonneNew Aquitaine | 4 km SE | 20° | 11° | 58 mm |
| Saint-Palais-sur-MerNew Aquitaine | 5 km WNW | 20° | 11° | 57 mm |
| SaujonNew Aquitaine | 10 km ENE | 21° | 11° | 59 mm |
| ArvertNew Aquitaine | 15 km NNW | 20° | 11° | 57 mm |
| Soulac-sur-MerNew Aquitaine | 15 km SSW | 20° | 11° | 58 mm |
| La TrembladeNew Aquitaine | 18 km NNW | 20° | 11° | 56 mm |
| MarennesNew Aquitaine | 22 km NNW | 20° | 11° | 54 mm |