Chios Weather in May
Chios in May
The short of it: Chios in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 14 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 21 mm · daylight 14 h 14 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Chios an average May high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 21 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 22°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 21 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 14 min in mid-May, 65 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, Chios runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Karyés, 4 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Chios, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 13 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KaryésNorth Aegean | 4 km NW | 22° | 13° | 25 mm |
| VrontádosNorth Aegean | 4 km N | 22° | 13° | 21 mm |
| ChalkeióNorth Aegean | 5 km SW | 22° | 13° | 23 mm |
| ThymianáNorth Aegean | 6 km S | 22° | 13° | 21 mm |
| NeochóriNorth Aegean | 7 km SSW | 22° | 13° | 22 mm |
| KallimasiáNorth Aegean | 9 km SSW | 22° | 13° | 22 mm |
| Ágios Geórgios SykoúsisNorth Aegean | 9 km SW | 22° | 13° | 25 mm |
| TholopotámiNorth Aegean | 10 km SW | 22° | 13° | 25 mm |