Sète Weather in May
Sète in May
The short of it: Sète in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 41 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 14° · rain 41 mm · daylight 14 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Sète an average May high of 21°, a low of 14° and some 41 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 21°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 7th 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. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sète runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Balaruc-les-Bains, 4 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Sète, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balaruc-les-BainsOccitanie | 4 km NNW | 21° | 14° | 41 mm |
| FrontignanOccitanie | 7 km NE | 22° | 14° | 41 mm |
| MèzeOccitanie | 8 km WNW | 22° | 14° | 42 mm |
| MarseillanOccitanie | 14 km WSW | 23° | 14° | 42 mm |
| CournonterralOccitanie | 17 km N | 22° | 13° | 45 mm |
| FabrèguesOccitanie | 18 km NNE | 23° | 13° | 45 mm |
| Villeneuve-lès-MagueloneOccitanie | 20 km NE | 22° | 13° | 41 mm |
| AgdeOccitanie | 20 km WSW | 22° | 14° | 43 mm |