Maynooth Weather in May
Maynooth in May
The short of it: Maynooth in May averages a high of 15 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (44 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 57 mm · daylight 15 h 51 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
May in Maynooth brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 6°, with about 57 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 51 min in mid-May, 117 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Maynooth runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Celbridge, 6 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Maynooth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CelbridgeLeinster | 6 km SE | 15° | 7° | 56 mm |
| LeixlipLeinster | 7 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| LucanLeinster | 10 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| BlanchardstownLeinster | 14 km E | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| ClondalkinLeinster | 15 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| PalmerstownLeinster | 15 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 55 mm |
| RatoathLeinster | 16 km NNE | 15° | 6° | 63 mm |
| BallyfermotLeinster | 17 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 53 mm |