Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Pierre weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Saint-Pierre: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Paul (42 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Saint-Pierre, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Reunion, Saint-Pierre ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 26.0°C; Saint-Pierre is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 50 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
Saint-Pierre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 278 | 23.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 29.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 266 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 211 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 93 | 18.2 | 11.612 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 86 | 17.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 50 | 13.7 | 10.911 h |
| July | 24.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 49 | 14.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 45 | 12.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 45 | 12.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 56 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 96 | 16.4 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 174 | 21.6 | 13.413 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
- Saint-Paul in MayReunion · 42 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Saint-Denis in MayReunion · 51 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Vacoas in MayMauritius · 238 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Port Louis in MayMauritius · 248 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Toamasina in MayMadagascar · 728 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 201 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 Saint-Pierre) is explained once on the Saint-Pierre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.