Climate averages 1991–2020
Cape Coral weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cape Coral: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fort Myers (13 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cape Coral, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cape Coral ranks joint 25th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 163rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Cape Coral is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 142 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
Cape Coral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 47 | 4.9 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 25.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 44 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 60 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 142 | 18.2 | 13.814 h |
| July | 30.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 124 | 20.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 133 | 20.7 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 141 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 72 | 8.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 32 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 36 | 4.4 | 10.511 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
- Fort Myers in MayUnited States · 13 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in MayUnited States · 33 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 83 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in MayUnited States · 152 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Brandon in MayUnited States · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Tampa in MayUnited States · 162 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Lakeland in MayUnited States · 164 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Coral Springs in MayUnited States · 170 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Largo in MayUnited States · 171 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 53 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 Cape Coral) is explained once on the Cape Coral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.