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United Kingdom · Month guide
United Kingdom in May
Around 15 °C with 69 mm of rain and 6.7 hours of sun a day.
May is one of the strongest months to visit United Kingdom. Around 15 °C with 69 mm of rain and 6.7 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
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United Kingdom · May
What the weather usually does
United Kingdom · typical month
- Day / night8 – 15 °CYear range 2 – 19 °C
- Rainfall69 mmYear range 61 – 113 mm
- Sunshine6.7 hr / dayYear range 1.4 – 6.7 hr / day
What’s open · May
Things to do in United Kingdom in May
Nothing in United Kingdom shuts for the season, and 1 thing below is at its best in May.
- At its bestWalking in the western Highlands and Skye
long enough days for the hills, either side of the midges
Sources: wildernessscotland.com, outdoorscot.co.uk
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
232 regions · current month
United Kingdom, taken apart
- Aberdeen12°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- Aberdeenshire13°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- Anglesey15°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Angus14°C now · 5–18 °C yr
- Antrim15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Ards13°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Argyll and Bute13°C now · 7–16 °C yr
- Armagh16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Ballymena14°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Ballymoney14°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Banbridge15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Barking and Dagenham17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Barnet17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Barnsley16°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Bath and North East Somerset17°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Bedford17°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Belfast14°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Bexley17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Birmingham17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Blackburn with Darwen16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Blackpool14°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Blaenau Gwent16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Bolton16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Bournemouth16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Bracknell Forest17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bradford15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Brent17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bridgend15°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Brighton and Hove14°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Bristol17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Bromley17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Buckinghamshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Bury16°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Caerphilly16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Calderdale15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Cambridgeshire17°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Camden17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Cardiff16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Carmarthenshire15°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Carrickfergus13°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Castlereagh14°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Central Bedfordshire17°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Ceredigion15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Cheshire East16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Cheshire West and Chester17°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Clackmannanshire15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Coleraine13°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Conwy15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Cornwall15°C now · 9–19 °C yr
- Coventry17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Craigavon16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Croydon17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Cumbria15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Darlington15°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Denbighshire16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Derby17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Derbyshire16°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Derry15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Devon16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Doncaster17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Dorset17°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Down14°C now · 8–17 °C yr
- Dudley17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Dumfries and Galloway14°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Dundee15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Dungannon and South Tyrone16°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Durham15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Ealing17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- East Ayrshire14°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- East Dunbartonshire15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- East Lothian13°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- East Renfrewshire15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- East Riding of Yorkshire15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- East Sussex16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Edinburgh15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Enfield17°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Essex16°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Falkirk15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Fermanagh15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Fife15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Flintshire16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Gateshead15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Glasgow15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Gloucestershire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Greenwich17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Gwynedd15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Hackney17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Halton16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Halton17°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Hammersmith and Fulham17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hampshire17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Haringey17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Harrow17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hartlepool14°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Havering17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Herefordshire17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Hertfordshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Highland13°C now · 5–16 °C yr
- Hillingdon17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Hounslow17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Inverclyde15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Isle of Wight16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Isles of Scilly13°C now · 10–18 °C yr
- Islington17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Kensington and Chelsea17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Kent16°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Kingston upon Hull16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Kingston upon Thames17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Kirklees15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Knowsley16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Lambeth17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Lancashire15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Larne13°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Leeds16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Leicester17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Leicestershire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Lewisham17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Limavady14°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- Lincolnshire16°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Lisburn15°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Liverpool15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- London17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Luton17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Magherafelt15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Manchester16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Medway17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Merseyside16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Merthyr Tydfil16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Merton17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Mid Ulster15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Middlesbrough14°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Midlothian14°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Milton Keynes17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Monmouthshire17°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Moray13°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Moyle12°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Neath Port Talbot16°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Newcastle upon Tyne15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Newham17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Newport17°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Newry and Mourne15°C now · 8–18 °C yr
- Newtownabbey14°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Norfolk15°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Ayrshire15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- North Down12°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- North East Lincolnshire16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Lanarkshire15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- North Lincolnshire16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- North Somerset17°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- North Tyneside15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- North Yorkshire15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Northamptonshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Northumberland14°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- Nottingham17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Nottinghamshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Oldham16°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Omagh15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Orkney Islands10°C now · 7–14 °C yr
- Outer Hebrides12°C now · 8–16 °C yr
- Oxfordshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Pembrokeshire14°C now · 9–18 °C yr
- Perth and Kinross14°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Peterborough17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Plymouth16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Poole16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Portsmouth15°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Powys15°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Reading17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Redbridge17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Redcar and Cleveland13°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Renfrewshire15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Rhondda Cynon Taf16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Richmond upon Thames17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Rochdale16°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Rotherham16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Rutland17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Salford16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Sandwell17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Scottish Borders14°C now · 5–18 °C yr
- Sefton15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Sheffield16°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Shetland Islands9°C now · 7–13 °C yr
- Shropshire16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Slough17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Solihull17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Somerset16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- South Ayrshire14°C now · 7–17 °C yr
- South Gloucestershire17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- South Lanarkshire14°C now · 6–17 °C yr
- South Tyneside15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Southampton17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Southend-on-Sea16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Southwark17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Staffordshire16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Stirling14°C now · 5–17 °C yr
- Stockport16°C now · 6–20 °C yr
- Stockton-on-Tees15°C now · 7–19 °C yr
- Stoke-on-Trent16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Strabane15°C now · 7–18 °C yr
- Suffolk16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Sunderland15°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Surrey17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Sutton17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Swansea15°C now · 8–19 °C yr
- Swindon17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Tameside16°C now · 6–19 °C yr
- Telford and Wrekin17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Thurrock17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Torbay15°C now · 9–20 °C yr
- Torfaen16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Tower Hamlets17°C now · 8–23 °C yr
- Trafford16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Vale of Glamorgan16°C now · 8–20 °C yr
- Wakefield16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Walsall17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Waltham Forest17°C now · 7–23 °C yr
- Wandsworth17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Warrington16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Warwickshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- West Berkshire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- West Dunbartonshire15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- West Lothian15°C now · 6–18 °C yr
- West Sussex16°C now · 8–21 °C yr
- Westminster17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wigan16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- Wiltshire17°C now · 8–22 °C yr
- Windsor and Maidenhead17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wokingham17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wolverhampton17°C now · 7–21 °C yr
- Worcestershire17°C now · 7–22 °C yr
- Wrexham16°C now · 7–20 °C yr
- York16°C now · 7–21 °C yr
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Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7 | 2.4 | -1.9 | 10.6 |
| February | 7.7 | 2.9 | -1.1 | 11.8 |
| March | 9.2 | 3.5 | -0.3 | 13.6 |
| April | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
| May | 15.0 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 19.7 |
| June | 17.6 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 23.1 |
| July | 19.0 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 24.1 |
| August | 18.8 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 22.8 |
| September | 16.7 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 21.0 |
| October | 13.2 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 16.7 |
| November | 9.4 | 4.9 | -0.1 | 13.2 |
| December | 7.7 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 11.6 |
View data table
| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 92 |
| February | 91 |
| March | 85 |
| April | 61 |
| May | 69 |
| June | 82 |
| July | 88 |
| August | 89 |
| September | 95 |
| October | 113 |
| November | 98 |
| December | 107 |
View data table
| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 2.0 |
| February | 3.1 |
| March | 4.4 |
| April | 6.2 |
| May | 6.7 |
| June | 6.2 |
| July | 5.5 |
| August | 5.1 |
| September | 4.2 |
| October | 3.0 |
| November | 2.2 |
| December | 1.4 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7 | 9.5 | 28.8 |
| February | 19.6 | 10.3 | 30.3 |
| March | 16.8 | 9.1 | 27.7 |
| April | 14.7 | 8.6 | 22.8 |
| May | 13.7 | 8.1 | 21.6 |
| June | 14.2 | 7.9 | 22.8 |
| July | 13.5 | 8.1 | 20.6 |
| August | 14.4 | 8.1 | 22.8 |
| September | 15.1 | 8.3 | 23.7 |
| October | 17.0 | 9.2 | 25.3 |
| November | 16.9 | 9.3 | 26.7 |
| December | 17.9 | 8.9 | 28.9 |
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