Ramsgate Weather in May
Ramsgate in May
The short of it: Ramsgate in May averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 41 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 June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 9° · rain 41 mm · daylight 15 h 34 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Ramsgate an average May high of 17°, a low of 9° and some 41 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 17°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 41 mm, the 9th 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; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Ramsgate runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Broadstairs, 3 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Ramsgate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 34 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BroadstairsEngland | 3 km NNE | 17° | 9° | 41 mm |
| Saint PetersEngland | 3 km N | 17° | 9° | 41 mm |
| MargateEngland | 6 km NNW | 17° | 9° | 40 mm |
| DealEngland | 13 km S | 16° | 9° | 39 mm |
| Herne BayEngland | 21 km WNW | 17° | 8° | 40 mm |
| CanterburyEngland | 24 km WSW | 17° | 8° | 42 mm |
| DoverEngland | 24 km SSW | 16° | 8° | 43 mm |
| WhitstableEngland | 27 km W | 17° | 8° | 40 mm |