Saint-Benoît Weather in May
Saint-Benoît in May
The short of it: Saint-Benoît in May averages a high of 21 °C (69 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 59 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 21° · low 9° · rain 60 mm · daylight 14 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Saint-Benoît an average May high of 21°, a low of 9° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 9°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 59 min in mid-May, 89 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Saint-Benoît runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Poitiers, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
May in Saint-Benoît, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PoitiersNew Aquitaine | 4 km N | 21° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Mignaloux-BeauvoirNew Aquitaine | 6 km E | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |
| Vouneuil-sous-BiardNew Aquitaine | 6 km WNW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| Fontaine-le-ComteNew Aquitaine | 6 km WSW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| IteuilNew Aquitaine | 7 km SSW | 20° | 9° | 59 mm |
| MignéNew Aquitaine | 9 km NNW | 20° | 9° | 58 mm |
| Chasseneuil-du-PoitouNew Aquitaine | 11 km NNE | 21° | 9° | 58 mm |
| BuxerollesNew Aquitaine | 13 km NE | 20° | 9° | 60 mm |