Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Havre weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Le Havre: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caen (48 km away). In May its highs average 17.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Le Havre, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Havre ranks 55th of 57 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Le Havre is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 60 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
Le Havre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 16.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 73 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 104 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 111 | 16.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 121 | 16.6 | 8.28 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
- Caen in MayFrance · 48 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Rouen in MayFrance · 72 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Eastbourne in MayUnited Kingdom · 142 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Brighton in MayUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Hove in MayUnited Kingdom · 150 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Worthing in MayUnited Kingdom · 151 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in MayFrance · 152 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in MayUnited Kingdom · 155 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 47 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 Le Havre) is explained once on the Le Havre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.