Versailles Weather in May
Versailles in May
The short of it: Versailles in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 59 mm · daylight 15 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Versailles an average May high of 19°, a low of 10° and some 59 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 15 min in mid-May, 97 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Versailles runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Boulogne-Billancourt, 9 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Versailles, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 12 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulogne-BillancourtÎle-de-France | 9 km ENE | 20° | 10° | 58 mm |
| Rueil-MalmaisonÎle-de-France | 9 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 57 mm |
| Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesÎle-de-France | 9 km WSW | 19° | 9° | 58 mm |
| ClamartÎle-de-France | 10 km E | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Issy-les-MoulineauxÎle-de-France | 11 km E | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| NanterreÎle-de-France | 11 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 57 mm |
| Paris 16 PassyÎle-de-France | 12 km ENE | 20° | 11° | 58 mm |
| Paris 15 VaugirardÎle-de-France | 13 km ENE | 21° | 11° | 60 mm |