Saintes Weather in May
Saintes in May
The short of it: Saintes in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 59 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 21° · low 11° · rain 59 mm · daylight 14 h 54 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & September
May in Saintes brings afternoons near 21° and nights around 11°, with about 59 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 59 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, Saintes runs about middling and drier than most in May. Chaniers, 7 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Saintes, 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
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChaniersNew Aquitaine | 7 km ESE | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| PonsNew Aquitaine | 20 km SSE | 21° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Saint-Jean-d'AngélyNew Aquitaine | 24 km NNE | 21° | 10° | 60 mm |
| SaujonNew Aquitaine | 24 km WSW | 21° | 11° | 59 mm |
| CognacNew Aquitaine | 24 km ESE | 22° | 10° | 62 mm |
| ChâteaubernardNew Aquitaine | 26 km ESE | 22° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Tonnay-CharenteNew Aquitaine | 30 km NW | 20° | 11° | 54 mm |
| Saint-Georges-de-DidonneNew Aquitaine | 32 km WSW | 20° | 11° | 58 mm |