Campbell River weather in May

In May, Campbell River sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Campbell River's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Campbell River's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 97 mm; 13.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 4:42 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Campbell River is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 234/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1855

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

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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 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Campbell River reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9
31	17	9

How May really feels in Campbell River

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Campbell River weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / 0°	263	19.1	11	8.4	0.0
Feb	6° / 0°	166	15.1	8.6	9.7	0.2
Mar	8° / 1°	195	17.9	8.5	11.5	0.9
Apr	11° / 3°	141	15.7	2.8	13.5	2.3
May	16° / 7°	97	13.3	0.1	15.1	4.4
Jun	18° / 10°	98	14	0	16.1	5.2
Jul	22° / 12°	74	10.7	0	15.7	6.6
Aug	21° / 12°	87	10	0	14.3	6.8
Sep	18° / 10°	109	10.8	0	12.4	5.6
Oct	12° / 6°	213	17.3	0.4	10.5	2.6
Nov	7° / 2°	291	19.5	5.7	8.8	0.5
Dec	4° / 0°	271	19.1	12.3	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 64%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	36	35	35	35	35	34
Cloudier (%)	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	64	65	65	65	65	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Campbell River gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	2
2	47	2
3	47	2
4	46	1
5	45	1
6	44	1
7	43	1
8	43	1
9	42	1
10	41	1
11	41	0
12	41	0
13	41	0
14	41	0
15	41	0
16	41	0
17	41	0
18	41	0
19	42	0
20	42	0
21	42	0
22	42	0
23	43	0
24	43	0
25	43	0
26	43	0
27	43	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	44	0
31	44	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

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 5:06 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 8:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:43	4:42	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25
Sunset (PM)	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	5:06	7:30
2	14.5	5:05	7:32
3	14.5	5:03	7:33
4	14.6	5:01	7:35
5	14.6	4:59	7:36
6	14.7	4:57	7:38
7	14.7	4:56	7:39
8	14.8	4:54	7:41
9	14.8	4:52	7:42
10	14.9	4:51	7:44
11	14.9	4:49	7:45
12	15.0	4:48	7:47
13	15.0	4:46	7:48
14	15.1	4:45	7:50
15	15.1	4:43	7:51
16	15.2	4:42	7:53
17	15.2	4:40	7:54
18	15.3	4:39	7:55
19	15.3	4:38	7:57
20	15.4	4:37	7:58
21	15.4	4:35	7:59
22	15.4	4:34	8:01
23	15.5	4:33	8:02
24	15.5	4:32	8:03
25	15.6	4:31	8:05
26	15.6	4:30	8:06
27	15.6	4:29	8:07
28	15.7	4:28	8:08
29	15.7	4:27	8:09
30	15.7	4:26	8:11
31	15.8	4:25	8:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.42 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Campbell River

In seasonPeak

None of Campbell River's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Campbell River's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Campbell River?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Campbell River for sightseeing.

What to pack for Campbell River in May

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

In May, Campbell River sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Campbell River in May

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in January near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	8	10	13	15	17	17	14	11	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Campbell River in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	7	6	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Campbell River?

Campbell River sits at 50.0°N, 125.2°W, 65 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Courtenay, 41 km away.

Topography around Campbell River

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Campbell River has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 632 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,332 m.

The land around Campbell River is covered by water (39%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (42%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

water 39%

16 km

632 m

trees 52%

80 km

2,332 m

trees 70%

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← April Campbell River year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Courtenay 41 km · Port Alberni 92 km · Tofino 107 km · Nanaimo 133 km · Harewood 134 km · Squamish 154 km · Whistler 164 km · University Endowment Lands 167 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

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 Campbell River (50.0163°, -125.2446°, elevation 65 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	2
2	47	2
3	47	2
4	46	1
5	45	1
6	44	1
7	43	1
8	43	1
9	42	1
10	41	1
11	41	0
12	41	0
13	41	0
14	41	0
15	41	0
16	41	0
17	41	0
18	41	0
19	42	0
20	42	0
21	42	0
22	42	0
23	43	0
24	43	0
25	43	0
26	43	0
27	43	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	44	0
31	44	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	2
2	47	2
3	47	2
4	46	1
5	45	1
6	44	1
7	43	1
8	43	1
9	42	1
10	41	1
11	41	0
12	41	0
13	41	0
14	41	0
15	41	0
16	41	0
17	41	0
18	41	0
19	42	0
20	42	0
21	42	0
22	42	0
23	43	0
24	43	0
25	43	0
26	43	0
27	43	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	44	0
31	44	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	2
2	47	2
3	47	2
4	46	1
5	45	1
6	44	1
7	43	1
8	43	1
9	42	1
10	41	1
11	41	0
12	41	0
13	41	0
14	41	0
15	41	0
16	41	0
17	41	0
18	41	0
19	42	0
20	42	0
21	42	0
22	42	0
23	43	0
24	43	0
25	43	0
26	43	0
27	43	0
28	43	0
29	43	0
30	44	0
31	44	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100