Portlaoise Weather in May
Portlaoise in May
The short of it: Portlaoise in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 71 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 48 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 16° · low 7° · rain 71 mm · daylight 15 h 48 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Portlaoise an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 71 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 71 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 15 h 48 min in mid-May, 115 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, Portlaoise runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Athy, 22 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Portlaoise, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th 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 48 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AthyLeinster | 22 km ESE | 16° | 8° | 53 mm |
| KildareLeinster | 29 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 56 mm |
| TullamoreLeinster | 29 km NNW | 16° | 7° | 70 mm |
| CarlowLeinster | 33 km SE | 16° | 8° | 55 mm |
| Droichead NuaLeinster | 37 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 56 mm |
| KilkennyLeinster | 42 km S | 16° | 7° | 59 mm |
| NaasLeinster | 47 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 54 mm |
| An Muileann gCearrLeinster | 55 km N | 15° | 7° | 63 mm |