Climate averages 1991–2020
Nassau weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nassau: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miami (297 km away). In May its highs average 28.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Nassau, with 92 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nassau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 49 | 5.8 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 26.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 80 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 98 | 14.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 29.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 77 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| August | 29.5°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 119 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.8°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 139 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 135 | 16.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 70 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Miami in MayUnited States · 297 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Fort Lauderdale in MayUnited States · 305 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Kendall in MayUnited States · 307 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Miami Gardens in MayUnited States · 307 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Pembroke Pines in MayUnited States · 308 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Hialeah in MayUnited States · 308 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in MayUnited States · 308 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in MayUnited States · 310 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nassau) is explained once on the Nassau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.