Brandon weather in May

In May, Brandon sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 10.2 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Brandon's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brandon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
5:01 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Brandon is city in Manitoba, Canada.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 5 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1882

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Brandon reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1142
2142
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10163
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How May really feels in Brandon

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
10
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Brandon weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -20°154.45.68.40.0
Feb-9° / -18°1544.89.70.0
Mar-1° / -11°275.5511.50.0
Apr / -2°356.62.713.52.0
May17° / 7510.20.815.15.3
Jun22° / 11°10212.60166.1
Jul24° / 13°8510.4015.77.0
Aug24° / 11°738.8014.27.3
Sep19° / 5080.112.46.2
Oct10° / -0°436.7210.52.3
Nov-1° / -9°235.24.88.80.0
Dec-8° / -16°215.56.280.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
34060
44159
54159
64159
74159
84258
94159
104258
114258
124357
134258
144258
154258
164357
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284258
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314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Brandon gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 10.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1275
2285
3295
4305
5305
6305
7314
8314
9314
10314
11324
12323
13323
14323
15323
16323
17322
18322
19332
20332
21331
22331
23341
24341
25341
26351
27351
28350
29350
30350
31360

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
79910
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
169820
179730
189730
199730
209640
219640
229640
239640
249550
259550
269550
279361
289361
299361
309271
319271

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
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1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 4:45 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 8:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:267:48
214.45:247:50
314.55:227:52
414.55:207:53
514.65:197:55
614.75:177:56
714.75:157:58
814.85:137:59
914.85:128:01
1014.95:108:02
1114.95:098:04
1215.05:078:05
1315.05:068:07
1415.15:048:08
1515.15:038:09
1615.25:018:11
1715.25:008:12
1815.34:598:14
1915.34:578:15
2015.34:568:16
2115.44:558:18
2215.44:548:19
2315.54:528:20
2415.54:518:22
2515.54:508:23
2615.64:498:24
2715.64:488:25
2815.74:478:26
2915.74:468:28
3015.74:458:29
3115.84:458:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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296.0Bright
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Brandon

In seasonPeak

In May, Brandon sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Brandon's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Brandon?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Brandon for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brandon in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Brandon sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Brandon in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Brandon peaks around June 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Brandon?

Brandon sits at 49.8°N, 100.0°W, 383 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is St. James-Assiniboia East, 195 km away.

Grand ForksWilliston

Topography around Brandon

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Brandon.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brandon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 380 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 451 m.

The land around Brandon is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
451 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: St. James-Assiniboia East 195 km · Fort Garry South 200 km · Winnipeg 201 km · Minot 204 km · Yorkton 234 km · Steinbach 238 km · Grand Forks 302 km · Williston 327 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Brandon (49.8469°, -99.9531°, elevation 383 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).