Climate averages 1991–2020
Darlington weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Darlington: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockton-on-Tees (16 km away). In May its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Darlington, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Darlington ranks joint 120th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 21st of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; Darlington is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 65 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
Darlington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 55 | 12.6 | 7.98 h |
| February | 6.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 51 | 11.1 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 47 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 55 | 11.2 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 51 | 11.4 | 16.016 h |
| June | 16.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 65 | 11.8 | 17.217 h |
| July | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 64 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| August | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 9.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 58 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 11.8 | 8.59 h |
| December | 6.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 62 | 12.6 | 7.47 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
- Stockton-on-Tees in MayUnited Kingdom · 16 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Middlesbrough in MayUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Hartlepool in MayUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Sunderland in MayUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Newcastle upon Tyne in MayUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 48 mm rain
- South Shields in MayUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Harrogate in MayUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 54 mm rain
- York in MayUnited Kingdom · 70 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 55 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 Darlington) is explained once on the Darlington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.