Climate averages 1991–2020
Limoges weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Limoges: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poitiers (109 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Limoges, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Limoges ranks joint 43rd of 57 for the warmest May highs and 52nd of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Limoges is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 83 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
Limoges climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 74 | 10.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 80 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 96 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 97 | 14.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 65 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 73 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 78 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 12.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 103 | 13.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 13.5 | 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
- Poitiers in MayFrance · 109 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in MayFrance · 143 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Tours in MayFrance · 178 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MayFrance · 181 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MayFrance · 189 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Angers in MayFrance · 228 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MayFrance · 235 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MayFrance · 248 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 98 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 Limoges) is explained once on the Limoges year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.