Cranbrook weather in May

In May, Cranbrook sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.2 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 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Cranbrook's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cranbrook's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 06 min; 5:06 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Cranbrook is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Founded: 1898

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 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cranbrook reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

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

How May really feels in Cranbrook

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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

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

Cranbrook 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -11°	43	10.3	11.7	8.4	0.0
Feb	0° / -10°	33	7.3	7.8	9.8	0.0
Mar	5° / -5°	47	10.5	8.7	11.5	0.3
Apr	10° / -1°	43	9.2	3.7	13.4	2.4
May	16° / 4°	57	11.2	1.2	15.1	4.7
Jun	19° / 7°	63	10.7	0.1	16	6.0
Jul	24° / 10°	27	5.9	0	15.6	7.7
Aug	24° / 10°	25	5.1	0.1	14.2	7.9
Sep	19° / 6°	35	6.5	0.3	12.4	6.5
Oct	10° / 0°	42	8.4	2.8	10.5	2.4
Nov	2° / -5°	57	11.2	9.7	8.9	0.0
Dec	-3° / -10°	51	10.8	11.2	8	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Cranbrook gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38
Snow chance (%)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	31	7
3	32	7
4	32	7
5	32	7
6	32	6
7	32	6
8	33	6
9	33	6
10	34	5
11	34	5
12	34	4
13	35	4
14	35	4
15	36	3
16	36	3
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	2
21	39	2
22	39	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	38	1
31	38	1

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 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 8:32 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	14.4	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	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:30	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49
Sunset (PM)	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	5:30	7:51
2	14.4	5:28	7:52
3	14.5	5:26	7:54
4	14.5	5:24	7:55
5	14.6	5:23	7:57
6	14.6	5:21	7:58
7	14.7	5:19	8:00
8	14.7	5:18	8:01
9	14.8	5:16	8:03
10	14.8	5:15	8:04
11	14.9	5:13	8:06
12	14.9	5:12	8:07
13	15.0	5:10	8:09
14	15.0	5:09	8:10
15	15.1	5:07	8:11
16	15.1	5:06	8:13
17	15.2	5:04	8:14
18	15.2	5:03	8:16
19	15.3	5:02	8:17
20	15.3	5:01	8:18
21	15.3	4:59	8:20
22	15.4	4:58	8:21
23	15.4	4:57	8:22
24	15.5	4:56	8:23
25	15.5	4:55	8:25
26	15.5	4:54	8:26
27	15.6	4:53	8:27
28	15.6	4:52	8:28
29	15.6	4:51	8:29
30	15.7	4:50	8:30
31	15.7	4:49	8:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.16 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)	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cranbrook?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cranbrook for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cranbrook in May

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

In May, Cranbrook sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook peaks around July 17 at about 8 (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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	4	5	7	6	8	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Cranbrook in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cranbrook is worst in August — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 8.9× the cleanest month (January, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	4	4	5	9	9	9	17	31	27	10	13	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	4	Good
Feb	4	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Cranbrook?

Cranbrook sits at 49.5°N, 115.8°W, 949 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Whitefish, 160 km away.

Topography around Cranbrook

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cranbrook has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 990 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,451 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,762 m.

The land around Cranbrook is covered by trees (50%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

279 m

trees 50%

16 km

1,451 m

trees 77%

80 km

2,762 m

trees 82%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

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

May weather nearby: Whitefish 160 km · Canmore 179 km · Kalispell 180 km · Okotoks 187 km · Banff 187 km · Evergreen 198 km · Cranston 200 km · Auburn Bay 201 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 Cranbrook (49.4999°, -115.7688°, elevation 949 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	13	1
2	13	1
3	14	1
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	15	2
9	15	2
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	16	3
14	16	3
15	16	3
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	4
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	17	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	6
31	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	31	7
3	32	7
4	32	7
5	32	7
6	32	6
7	32	6
8	33	6
9	33	6
10	34	5
11	34	5
12	34	4
13	35	4
14	35	4
15	36	3
16	36	3
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	2
21	39	2
22	39	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	38	1
31	38	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	31	7
3	32	7
4	32	7
5	32	7
6	32	6
7	32	6
8	33	6
9	33	6
10	34	5
11	34	5
12	34	4
13	35	4
14	35	4
15	36	3
16	36	3
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	2
21	39	2
22	39	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	38	1
31	38	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	7
2	31	7
3	32	7
4	32	7
5	32	7
6	32	6
7	32	6
8	33	6
9	33	6
10	34	5
11	34	5
12	34	4
13	35	4
14	35	4
15	36	3
16	36	3
17	37	3
18	37	3
19	38	3
20	38	2
21	39	2
22	39	2
23	39	2
24	39	2
25	39	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	38	1
31	38	1

	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