Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Reims: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In May its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Reims, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks joint 38th of 57 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Reims is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in MayFrance · 112 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in MayFrance · 117 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Créteil in MayFrance · 125 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in MayFrance · 127 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Paris in MayFrance · 131 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Charleroi in MayBelgium · 131 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in MayFrance · 131 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Mons in MayBelgium · 132 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 65 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.