Cork Weather in May
Cork in May
The short of it: Cork in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 63 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Cork brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 8°, with about 63 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 63 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 min in mid-May, 110 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Cork runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Douglas, 4 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Cork, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DouglasMunster | 4 km SE | 15° | 8° | 72 mm |
| GlanmireMunster | 5 km ENE | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| BlarneyMunster | 8 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 63 mm |
| BallincolligMunster | 8 km WSW | 15° | 8° | 60 mm |
| Passage WestMunster | 10 km ESE | 15° | 8° | 71 mm |
| TowerMunster | 10 km WNW | 15° | 7° | 62 mm |
| CarrigalineMunster | 11 km SSE | 15° | 8° | 66 mm |
| KillumneyMunster | 12 km WSW | 15° | 7° | 64 mm |