Climate averages 1991–2020
Daytona Beach weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Daytona Beach: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deltona (42 km away). In May its highs average 29.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Daytona Beach, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Daytona Beach ranks joint 55th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 174th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Daytona Beach is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 121 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
Daytona Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 61 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 21.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 60 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 52 | 7.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 121 | 17.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 112 | 19.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 30.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 133 | 20.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 140 | 18.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 87 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 23.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 45 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 7.2 | 10.310 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
- Deltona in MayUnited States · 42 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Palm Coast in MayUnited States · 45 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Alafaya in MayUnited States · 74 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Orlando in MayUnited States · 82 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Melbourne, United States in MayUnited States · 132 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Gainesville in MayUnited States · 135 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Palm Bay in MayUnited States · 137 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Jacksonville in MayUnited States · 139 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 66 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 Daytona Beach) is explained once on the Daytona Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.