Climate averages 1991–2020
Kingstown weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kingstown: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Castries (96 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kingstown, with 47 mm of rain.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 93 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
Kingstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 36 | 10.9 | 11.411 h |
| February | 26.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 21 | 7.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 27.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 23 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 33 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 28.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 10.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 28.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 93 | 15.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 120 | 20.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 141 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 141 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.9°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 138 | 19.8 | 11.512 h |
| December | 27.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 55 | 13.0 | 11.411 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
- Castries in MaySaint Lucia · 96 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Saint George's in MayGrenada · 135 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Fort-de-France in MayMartinique · 162 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Bridgetown in MayBarbados · 174 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Roseau in MayDominica · 239 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Port of Spain in MayTrinidad and Tobago · 279 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Basse-Terre in MayGuadeloupe · 321 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Carúpano in MayVenezuela · 354 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 32 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 Kingstown) is explained once on the Kingstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.