Chaniá Weather in May
Chaniá in May
The short of it: Chaniá in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 17° · rain 16 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & May
May in Chaniá brings afternoons near 25° and nights around 17°, with about 16 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 17°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-May, 59 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; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Chaniá runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Mourniés, 4 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Chaniá, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MourniésCrete | 4 km SSW | 25° | 16° | 17 mm |
| NerokoúrosCrete | 4 km SSE | 25° | 16° | 17 mm |
| PerivóliaCrete | 4 km SW | 25° | 16° | 16 mm |
| SoúdaCrete | 5 km ESE | 24° | 16° | 18 mm |
| TsikalariáCrete | 5 km SE | 24° | 16° | 18 mm |
| DarátsosCrete | 5 km WSW | 25° | 16° | 16 mm |
| PitháriCrete | 5 km E | 25° | 16° | 17 mm |
| GalatásCrete | 6 km WSW | 25° | 16° | 16 mm |