Tralee Weather in May
Tralee in May
The short of it: Tralee in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 121 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 42 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 8° · rain 121 mm · daylight 15 h 42 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Tralee an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 121 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 121 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 42 min in mid-May, 111 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, Tralee runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Blennerville, 3 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Tralee, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 3.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlennervilleMunster | 3 km SW | 16° | 8° | 127 mm |
| ArdfertMunster | 8 km NW | 15° | 8° | 128 mm |
| Baile an MhuilinnMunster | 13 km S | 15° | 8° | 120 mm |
| BallyheigeMunster | 15 km NW | 15° | 8° | 126 mm |
| CastleislandMunster | 17 km ESE | 15° | 8° | 90 mm |
| KillorglinMunster | 20 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 120 mm |
| ListowelMunster | 25 km NE | 15° | 8° | 94 mm |
| BallybunnionMunster | 27 km N | 15° | 8° | 105 mm |