Neath Weather in May
Neath in May
The short of it: Neath in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 15 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 8° · rain 72 mm · daylight 15 h 36 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Neath an average May high of 16°, a low of 8° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 8°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 36 min in mid-May, 108 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Neath runs warmer than most and about as wet in May. Briton Ferry, 4 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Neath, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briton FerryWales | 4 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 72 mm |
| ClydachWales | 7 km WNW | 16° | 8° | 72 mm |
| SwanseaWales | 11 km WSW | 17° | 9° | 71 mm |
| YstalyferaWales | 12 km N | 16° | 8° | 80 mm |
| MaestegWales | 12 km ESE | 15° | 7° | 83 mm |
| GorseinonWales | 16 km W | 16° | 8° | 72 mm |
| PyleWales | 18 km SSE | 16° | 8° | 69 mm |
| AmmanfordWales | 19 km NW | 16° | 8° | 77 mm |