Zakynthos Weather in May
Zakynthos in May
The short of it: Zakynthos in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 14 h 12 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 15° · rain 24 mm · daylight 14 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Zakynthos an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 24 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 15°. Rain is modest, about 24 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 12 min in mid-May, 64 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, Zakynthos runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Gaïtánion, 2 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Zakynthos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GaïtánionIonian Islands | 2 km WNW | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| ArgásiIonian Islands | 3 km SE | 23° | 15° | 24 mm |
| AmbelókipoiIonian Islands | 3 km SW | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| VanátonIonian Islands | 4 km WNW | 24° | 15° | 23 mm |
| KalamákionIonian Islands | 4 km S | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| MouzakiIonian Islands | 8 km SW | 22° | 14° | 28 mm |
| LithakiáIonian Islands | 9 km SW | 22° | 14° | 28 mm |
| KatastárionIonian Islands | 13 km WNW | 23° | 14° | 24 mm |