Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Prince George: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In May its highs average 15.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Prince George, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks joint 51st of 86 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 86 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 86 cities is 17.0°C; Prince George is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Grande Prairie in MayCanada · 290 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Kamloops in MayCanada · 397 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Kelowna in MayCanada · 501 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 51 mm rain
- North Vancouver in MayCanada · 512 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Coquitlam in MayCanada · 515 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Burnaby in MayCanada · 517 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Vancouver in MayCanada · 520 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in MayCanada · 522 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 154 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.