Climate averages 1991–2020
Bridgetown weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Bridgetown: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kingstown (174 km away). In May its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Bridgetown, with 49 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 88 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
Bridgetown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 36 | 10.6 | 11.411 h |
| February | 26.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 7.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 23 | 6.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 30 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 41 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 88 | 15.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 28.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 117 | 19.8 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 133 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.2°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 152 | 21.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 137 | 19.6 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 52 | 12.8 | 11.411 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
- Kingstown in MaySaint Vincent and the Grenadines · 174 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 26.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Castries in MaySaint Lucia · 179 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Fort-de-France in MayMartinique · 229 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Saint George's in MayGrenada · 259 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Roseau in MayDominica · 310 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 341 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Basse-Terre in MayGuadeloupe · 394 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 480 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 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 Bridgetown) is explained once on the Bridgetown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.