Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Dijon: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest May highs and 49th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Dijon is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 74 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in MayFrance · 76 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Geneva in MaySwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Lausanne in MaySwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in MayFrance · 172 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Lyon in MayFrance · 174 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Nancy in MayFrance · 176 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Mulhouse in MayFrance · 180 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 93 mm rain
- Bern in MaySwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.