Kenmare Weather in May
Kenmare in May
The short of it: Kenmare in May averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 93 mm (3.7 in) of rain and about 15 h 38 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 93 mm · daylight 15 h 38 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Kenmare an average May high of 15°, a low of 8° and some 93 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 93 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 38 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, Kenmare runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Killarney, 20 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Kenmare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KillarneyMunster | 20 km NNE | 15° | 8° | 86 mm |
| BantryMunster | 24 km SSE | 15° | 8° | 85 mm |
| KillorglinMunster | 28 km NNW | 16° | 8° | 120 mm |
| Baile an MhuilinnMunster | 31 km NNW | 15° | 8° | 120 mm |
| FieriesMunster | 32 km N | 15° | 8° | 104 mm |
| RathmoreMunster | 34 km NE | 14° | 7° | 76 mm |
| CastletownbereMunster | 34 km SW | 15° | 8° | 97 mm |
| DunmanwayMunster | 37 km ESE | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |