Climate averages 1991–2020
Saguenay weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Saguenay: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Québec (179 km away). In May its highs average 17.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Saguenay, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 78th of 86 for the warmest May highs and joint 62nd of 86 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 86 cities is 17.0°C; Saguenay is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 100 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
Saguenay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 66 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -7.9°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | -1.4°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 70 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 15.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 100 | 12.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 131 | 15.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 119 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 127 | 13.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 119 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 95 | 14.2 | 9.39 h |
| December | -5.6°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 80 | 13.4 | 8.48 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
- Québec in MayCanada · 179 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in MayCanada · 256 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Sherbrooke in MayCanada · 341 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Repentigny in MayCanada · 348 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MayCanada · 360 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in MayCanada · 365 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MayCanada · 368 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Longueuil in MayCanada · 371 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 100 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 Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.