Schull Weather in May
Schull in May
The short of it: Schull in May averages a high of 15 °C (58 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 90 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 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 90 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Schull brings afternoons near 15° and nights around 8°, with about 90 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 90 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 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, Schull runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Bantry, 18 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Schull, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BantryMunster | 18 km NNE | 15° | 8° | 85 mm |
| SkibbereenMunster | 20 km E | 15° | 8° | 79 mm |
| CastletownbereMunster | 29 km WNW | 15° | 8° | 97 mm |
| Ross CarberyMunster | 36 km E | 15° | 8° | 75 mm |
| DunmanwayMunster | 37 km NE | 15° | 7° | 71 mm |
| KenmareMunster | 40 km N | 15° | 8° | 93 mm |
| ClonakiltyMunster | 48 km ENE | 15° | 8° | 76 mm |
| EnniskeaneMunster | 49 km ENE | 15° | 8° | 66 mm |