Karpathos Weather in May
Karpathos in May
The short of it: Karpathos in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 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 24° · low 18° · rain 17 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Karpathos an average May high of 24°, a low of 18° and some 17 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 18°. Rain is modest, about 17 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Karpathos runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Líndos, 102 km to the NE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Karpathos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LíndosSouth Aegean | 102 km NE | 25° | 17° | 20 mm |
| SitiaCrete | 106 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 17 mm |
| ArchángelosSouth Aegean | 113 km NE | 25° | 16° | 24 mm |
| AfántouSouth Aegean | 122 km NE | 25° | 16° | 23 mm |
| Makry-GialosCrete | 124 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 15 mm |
| MaritsáSouth Aegean | 125 km NE | 24° | 16° | 24 mm |
| ParadeísiSouth Aegean | 126 km NE | 25° | 17° | 21 mm |
| FalirakiSouth Aegean | 128 km NE | 25° | 17° | 22 mm |