Climate averages 1991–2020
Pau weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Pau: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pamplona (118 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Pau, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Pau ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest May highs and 57th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Pau is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 128 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
Pau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 98 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 145 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 159 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 128 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 104 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 123 | 13.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 138 | 14.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 108 | 13.2 | 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
- Pamplona in MaySpain · 118 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MaySpain · 131 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Toulouse in MayFrance · 149 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MayFrance · 171 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in MayAndorra · 177 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Zaragoza in MaySpain · 189 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Logroño in MaySpain · 195 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MaySpain · 195 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 71 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 Pau) is explained once on the Pau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.