Ierápetra Weather in May
Ierápetra in May
The short of it: Ierápetra in May averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 13 h 59 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 25° · low 16° · rain 20 mm · daylight 13 h 59 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Ierápetra an average May high of 25°, a low of 16° and some 20 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 25°; nights run about 16°. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 59 min in mid-May, 57 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, Ierápetra runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Kentrí, 2 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ierápetra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KentríCrete | 2 km NNE | 24° | 16° | 19 mm |
| VaïniáCrete | 3 km ENE | 24° | 16° | 19 mm |
| Gra LiyiáCrete | 5 km W | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| Káto ChorióCrete | 6 km NE | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| Néa AnatolíCrete | 7 km W | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| KoutsounáriCrete | 8 km E | 24° | 15° | 23 mm |
| Pacheía ÁmmosCrete | 12 km NNE | 24° | 16° | 19 mm |
| ÍstroCrete | 13 km N | 23° | 15° | 25 mm |