Clonakilty Weather in May
Clonakilty in May
The short of it: Clonakilty in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 76 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 8° · rain 76 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Clonakilty brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 8°, with about 76 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 76 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 min in mid-May, 108 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Clonakilty runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Enniskeane, 13 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Clonakilty, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EnniskeaneMunster | 13 km NNW | 15° | 8° | 66 mm |
| BandonMunster | 16 km NNE | 15° | 8° | 68 mm |
| DunmanwayMunster | 20 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |
| InnishannonMunster | 22 km NE | 15° | 8° | 63 mm |
| KinsaleMunster | 25 km ENE | 15° | 8° | 65 mm |
| SkibbereenMunster | 29 km WSW | 15° | 8° | 79 mm |
| BelgoolyMunster | 29 km ENE | 15° | 8° | 65 mm |
| RiverstickMunster | 31 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 69 mm |