Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, United Kingdom weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Hastings, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eastbourne (23 km away). In May its highs average 14.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Hastings, United Kingdom, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Hastings, United Kingdom ranks joint 82nd 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; Hastings, United Kingdom is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 44 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
Hastings, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 48 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.515 h |
| June | 17.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 19.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 112 | 14.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 120 | 15.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 14.3 | 8.08 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
- Eastbourne in MayUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Maidstone in MayUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Brighton in MayUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Hove in MayUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Gillingham in MayUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Crawley in MayUnited Kingdom · 61 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Worthing in MayUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Grays in MayUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 16.2°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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.