Climate averages 1991–2020
Aberdeen weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Aberdeen: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, United Kingdom (92 km away). In May its highs average 13.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Aberdeen, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Aberdeen ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; Aberdeen is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 60 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
Aberdeen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 14.1 | 7.47 h |
| February | 6.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 56 | 11.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 7.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 55 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 52 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 11.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 10.5 | 16.516 h |
| June | 13.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 60 | 11.2 | 17.818 h |
| July | 15.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| August | 15.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 12.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 14.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 66 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 98 | 15.7 | 10.410 h |
| November | 8.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| December | 6.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 6.87 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
- Dundee, United Kingdom in MayUnited Kingdom · 92 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Edinburgh in MayUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Glasgow in MayUnited Kingdom · 194 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 79 mm rain
- East Kilbride in MayUnited Kingdom · 200 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Paisley in MayUnited Kingdom · 204 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 78 mm rain
- South Shields in MayUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in MayUnited Kingdom · 243 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Sunderland in MayUnited Kingdom · 253 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 48 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 Aberdeen) is explained once on the Aberdeen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.