Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Mans weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Le Mans: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (77 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Le Mans, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Mans ranks joint 34th of 57 for the warmest May highs and joint 22nd of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Le Mans is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 48 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 Mans climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 10.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 18.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 48 | 8.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 51 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 8.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 72 | 11.5 | 8.58 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
- Tours in MayFrance · 77 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Angers in MayFrance · 82 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MayFrance · 127 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Caen in MayFrance · 138 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Rennes in MayFrance · 140 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Nantes in MayFrance · 158 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Poitiers in MayFrance · 158 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in MayFrance · 159 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 67 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 Mans) is explained once on the Le Mans year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.