Exeter Weather in May
Exeter in May
The short of it: Exeter in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 58 mm · daylight 15 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Exeter brings afternoons near 17° and nights around 8°, with about 58 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 29 min in mid-May, 104 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Exeter runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Heavitree, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Exeter, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HeavitreeEngland | 2 km E | 17° | 8° | 57 mm |
| CreditonEngland | 11 km NW | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| ExmouthEngland | 15 km SE | 16° | 9° | 59 mm |
| DawlishEngland | 16 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| CullomptonEngland | 17 km NNE | 17° | 8° | 58 mm |
| KingsteigntonEngland | 20 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 63 mm |
| TeignmouthEngland | 20 km S | 16° | 8° | 61 mm |
| TivertonEngland | 20 km N | 16° | 8° | 62 mm |