Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier 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 Montpellier: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 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 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (46 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Montpellier, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks 7th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Montpellier is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 25 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in MayFrance · 46 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Béziers in MayFrance · 61 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Avignon in MayFrance · 84 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in MayFrance · 122 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Marseille in MayFrance · 126 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in MayFrance · 127 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Perpignan in MayFrance · 129 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Toulon in MayFrance · 174 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.