Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In May its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks 46th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 54th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 84 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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
- Saint-Étienne in MayFrance · 108 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Lyon in MayFrance · 137 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in MayFrance · 139 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Limoges in MayFrance · 143 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Grenoble in MayFrance · 216 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Dijon in MayFrance · 225 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Poitiers in MayFrance · 229 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Nîmes in MayFrance · 238 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 52 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.