Bath Weather in May
Bath in May
The short of it: Bath in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 60 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Bath an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 34 min in mid-May, 107 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Bath runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Keynsham, 10 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Bath, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KeynshamEngland | 10 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 58 mm |
| TrowbridgeEngland | 12 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 52 mm |
| KingswoodEngland | 13 km NW | 17° | 8° | 60 mm |
| MelkshamEngland | 15 km E | 17° | 8° | 50 mm |
| MangotsfieldEngland | 16 km NW | 17° | 8° | 62 mm |
| FromeEngland | 17 km S | 17° | 7° | 56 mm |
| BristolEngland | 19 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 61 mm |
| YateEngland | 19 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 59 mm |