Ipswich Weather in May
Ipswich in May
The short of it: Ipswich in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 8° · rain 45 mm · daylight 15 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
May in Ipswich brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 8°, with about 45 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 18°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 40 min in mid-May, 110 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, Ipswich runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Harwich, 16 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Ipswich, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HarwichEngland | 16 km SE | 17° | 8° | 44 mm |
| FelixstoweEngland | 17 km SE | 17° | 8° | 44 mm |
| StowmarketEngland | 18 km NW | 17° | 7° | 42 mm |
| ColchesterEngland | 26 km SW | 18° | 7° | 43 mm |
| SudburyEngland | 29 km W | 17° | 7° | 42 mm |
| Clacton-on-SeaEngland | 30 km S | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| Bury St EdmundsEngland | 37 km NW | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| WithamEngland | 46 km SW | 17° | 7° | 42 mm |