Rethymno Weather in May
Rethymno in May
The short of it: Rethymno in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 16 °C (60 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 16° · rain 20 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Rethymno an average May high of 24°, a low of 16° and some 20 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 24°, with nights near 16°. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 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, Rethymno runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Gállos, 3 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Rethymno, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GállosCrete | 3 km SW | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| Violí CharákiCrete | 4 km W | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| AtsipópouloCrete | 5 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| PrinésCrete | 6 km WSW | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| GerániCrete | 8 km W | 24° | 15° | 20 mm |
| PigíCrete | 8 km E | 24° | 16° | 20 mm |
| PánormosCrete | 20 km ENE | 24° | 16° | 18 mm |
| PéramaCrete | 20 km E | 24° | 15° | 22 mm |