Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille 15 weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Marseille 15: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille (9 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Marseille 15, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille 15 ranks 4th of 57 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Marseille 15 is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 21 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
Marseille 15 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 7.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 37 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 42 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 3.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 82 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 58 | 7.8 | 9.09 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
- Marseille in MayFrance · 9 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in MayFrance · 19 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Toulon in MayFrance · 54 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Avignon in MayFrance · 78 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Nîmes in MayFrance · 95 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Montpellier in MayFrance · 122 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Cannes in MayFrance · 135 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Antibes in MayFrance · 145 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°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 Marseille 15) is explained once on the Marseille 15 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.