Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Poitiers: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks joint 19th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 43rd of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Poitiers is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 59 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 8.69 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 · 94 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Limoges in MayFrance · 109 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Angers in MayFrance · 120 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 62 mm rain
- La Rochelle in MayFrance · 124 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Le Mans in MayFrance · 158 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Nantes in MayFrance · 160 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Orléans, France in MayFrance · 188 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MayFrance · 206 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.