Climate averages 1991–2020
Villeurbanne weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Villeurbanne: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lyon (3 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, about as warm as Villeurbanne, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Villeurbanne ranks 17th of 57 for the warmest May highs and 48th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Villeurbanne is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 80 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
Villeurbanne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 76 | 12.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 63 | 10.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 65 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 81 | 11.2 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 19.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 88 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 80 | 11.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 100 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 106 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 83 | 12.3 | 8.89 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
- Lyon in MayFrance · 3 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in MayFrance · 53 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Grenoble in MayFrance · 92 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Geneva in MaySwitzerland · 109 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in MayFrance · 139 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Lausanne in MaySwitzerland · 159 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Dijon in MayFrance · 172 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Besançon in MayFrance · 186 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 110 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 Villeurbanne) is explained once on the Villeurbanne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.