Climate averages 1991–2020
Toulouse weather
in May.
A mild, moderately 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 Toulouse: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Andorra la Vella (122 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, 3.3°C cooler than Toulouse, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Toulouse ranks joint 9th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 46th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Toulouse is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 66 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
Toulouse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 79 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 82 | 12.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 66 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 65 | 10.9 | 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
- Andorra la Vella in MayAndorra · 122 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Béziers in MayFrance · 146 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Pau in MayFrance · 149 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Perpignan in MayFrance · 155 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Montpellier in MayFrance · 196 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Manresa in MaySpain · 211 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Bordeaux in MayFrance · 212 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Girona in MaySpain · 213 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 91 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 Toulouse) is explained once on the Toulouse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.