Pétra Weather in May
Pétra in May
The short of it: Pétra in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 19 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 23° · low 13° · rain 30 mm · daylight 14 h 19 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Pétra an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 30 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 19 min in mid-May, 68 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, Pétra runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Stýpsi, 4 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Pétra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 19 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StýpsiNorth Aegean | 4 km ESE | 23° | 13° | 34 mm |
| MíthymnaNorth Aegean | 5 km N | 24° | 14° | 29 mm |
| SkoutárosNorth Aegean | 5 km SW | 23° | 14° | 28 mm |
| DáfiaNorth Aegean | 10 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 28 mm |
| KalloníNorth Aegean | 11 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 28 mm |
| Agía ParaskevíNorth Aegean | 12 km SE | 25° | 14° | 29 mm |
| MantamádosNorth Aegean | 14 km E | 24° | 14° | 32 mm |
| ParákoilaNorth Aegean | 18 km S | 23° | 14° | 29 mm |