Climate averages 1991–2020
Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (27 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Virginia Beach, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Virginia Beach ranks joint 304th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 283rd of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Virginia Beach is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 88 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
Virginia Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 101 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 84 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 13.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 109 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 114 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 96 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 94 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
- Norfolk in MayUnited States · 27 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in MayUnited States · 35 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 95 mm rain
- East Hampton in MayUnited States · 38 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Newport News in MayUnited States · 43 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Suffolk in MayUnited States · 56 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Richmond in MayUnited States · 153 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Greenville in MayUnited States · 186 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in MayUnited States · 236 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 91 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 Virginia Beach) is explained once on the Virginia Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.