Faversham Weather in May
Faversham in May
The short of it: Faversham in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 15 h 34 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 40 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Faversham an average May high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 40 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 10th 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. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Faversham runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Sittingbourne, 11 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Faversham, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SittingbourneEngland | 11 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 40 mm |
| CanterburyEngland | 14 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| AshfordEngland | 19 km S | 17° | 8° | 44 mm |
| GillinghamEngland | 25 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 42 mm |
| ChathamEngland | 26 km WNW | 18° | 8° | 41 mm |
| MaidstoneEngland | 26 km WSW | 18° | 8° | 44 mm |
| Southend-on-SeaEngland | 28 km NNW | 17° | 8° | 39 mm |
| FolkestoneEngland | 32 km SE | 17° | 9° | 43 mm |