Climate averages 1991–2020
Eastbourne weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Eastbourne: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hastings, United Kingdom (23 km away). In May its highs average 15.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Eastbourne, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Eastbourne ranks joint 120th of 143 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 143 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 143 cities is 15.2°C; Eastbourne is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 45 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
Eastbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 14.6 | 8.59 h |
| February | 7.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 66 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 14.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 16.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 8.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 18.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 48 | 8.4 | 16.016 h |
| August | 19.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| September | 17.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 113 | 14.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 121 | 15.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 109 | 14.4 | 8.18 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
- Hastings, United Kingdom in MayUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Brighton in MayUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Hove in MayUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Worthing in MayUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Crawley in MayUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Maidstone in MayUnited Kingdom · 58 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Purley in MayUnited Kingdom · 69 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Gillingham in MayUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 50 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 Eastbourne) is explained once on the Eastbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.