Palekastro Weather in May
Palekastro in May
The short of it: Palekastro in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 16 °C (62 °F), with 16 mm (0.63 in) of rain and about 14 h 0 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 16° · rain 16 mm · daylight 14 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Palekastro an average May high of 24°, a low of 16° and some 16 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 16°. Rain is modest, about 16 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 0 min in mid-May, 58 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, Palekastro runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sitia, 14 km to the W, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Palekastro, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 11 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SitiaCrete | 14 km W | 24° | 16° | 17 mm |
| Kaló ChorióCrete | 19 km SSW | 22° | 13° | 25 mm |
| AnálipsiCrete | 30 km SW | 24° | 16° | 15 mm |
| Makry-GialosCrete | 31 km SW | 24° | 16° | 15 mm |
| StavrochóriCrete | 31 km WSW | 23° | 15° | 23 mm |
| KoutsourásCrete | 33 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 17 mm |
| KavoúsiCrete | 37 km WSW | 22° | 14° | 28 mm |
| FérmaCrete | 42 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 21 mm |