Bantry Weather in May
Bantry in May
The short of it: Bantry in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 85 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 85 mm · daylight 15 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Bantry an average May high of 15°, a low of 8° and some 85 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 85 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 37 min in mid-May, 109 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Bantry runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Schull, 18 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bantry, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SchullMunster | 18 km SSW | 15° | 8° | 90 mm |
| SkibbereenMunster | 19 km SE | 15° | 8° | 79 mm |
| DunmanwayMunster | 23 km E | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |
| KenmareMunster | 24 km NNW | 15° | 8° | 93 mm |
| Ross CarberyMunster | 31 km ESE | 15° | 8° | 75 mm |
| CastletownbereMunster | 32 km W | 15° | 8° | 97 mm |
| EnniskeaneMunster | 36 km E | 15° | 8° | 66 mm |
| ClonakiltyMunster | 41 km E | 15° | 8° | 76 mm |