Principe Weather in May
Principe in May
The short of it: Principe in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 14 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 15° · rain 24 mm · daylight 14 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Principe an average May high of 22°, a low of 15° and some 24 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 22°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 24 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 3 min in mid-May, 59 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Principe runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Ceuta, 3 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Principe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 27 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeutaCeuta | 3 km ENE | 21° | 15° | 23 mm |
| FnidekTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 3 km SSW | 23° | 15° | 25 mm |
| BenzúCeuta | 5 km NNW | 22° | 15° | 24 mm |
| MdiqTanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 22 km S | 23° | 15° | 25 mm |
| Cap Negro IITanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 25 km SSE | 24° | 15° | 24 mm |
| South DistrictGibraltar | 26 km N | 21° | 15° | 24 mm |
| Town AreaOther | 27 km N | 21° | 15° | 24 mm |
| TarifaAndalusia | 28 km WNW | 23° | 15° | 24 mm |