Perth Weather in May
Perth in May
The short of it: Perth in May averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 16 h 21 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 7° · rain 53 mm · daylight 16 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Perth brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 7°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 21 min in mid-May, 133 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Perth runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Glenrothes, 27 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Perth, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlenrothesScotland | 27 km SE | 15° | 6° | 53 mm |
| DundeeScotland | 29 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 55 mm |
| CowdenbeathScotland | 32 km S | 14° | 6° | 58 mm |
| KirkcaldyScotland | 35 km SSE | 14° | 6° | 48 mm |
| DunfermlineScotland | 36 km S | 15° | 7° | 59 mm |
| AlloaScotland | 38 km SW | 16° | 7° | 62 mm |
| Saint AndrewsScotland | 39 km E | 14° | 6° | 50 mm |
| RosythScotland | 40 km S | 15° | 7° | 54 mm |