Drummondville weather in May

In May, Drummondville sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 101 mm of precipitation across 12.7 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Drummondville's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Drummondville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
101 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:24 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
67%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Drummondville is city in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

Density
229/km²
people per km²
Founded
2004

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Drummondville reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 25°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)
1155
2155
3166
4166
5166
6166
7176
8177
9177
10177
11177
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How May really feels in Drummondville

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Drummondville weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -14°7711.110.68.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°6198.9100.0
Mar / -7°7610.77.311.60.0
Apr10° / 9911.5313.32.3
May18° / 10112.70.114.75.4
Jun23° / 13°11312.6015.56.3
Jul25° / 16°11213.7015.26.2
Aug24° / 15°10912.7013.96.6
Sep20° / 10°9910.7012.36.1
Oct12° / 11011.70.810.73.2
Nov / -2°8911.84.19.30.4
Dec-2° / -9°8912108.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43664
53763
63763
73763
83763
93763
103763
113763
123763
133763
143862
153961
163961
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203862
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223763
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313565

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Drummondville gets around 101 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1382
2382
3382
4372
5372
6371
7371
8371
9371
10371
11371
12371
13380
14380
15380
16390
17390
18400
19400
20410
21420
22420
23430
24430
25440
26440
27450
28450
29450
30450
31450

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
197300
297300
397300
497300
597300
696400
796400
896400
996400
1096400
1196400
1295500
1395500
1494510
1594510
1694510
1793520
1893520
1992530
2091630
2190640
2289740
2387751
2486851
2584961
26831061
27831061
28811162
29801262
30791362
31781462

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
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912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:45 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:456:49
214.14:446:50
314.24:426:52
414.24:416:53
514.34:396:54
614.34:386:56
714.34:366:57
814.44:356:58
914.44:336:59
1014.54:327:01
1114.54:317:02
1214.64:297:03
1314.64:287:04
1414.64:277:06
1514.74:267:07
1614.74:247:08
1714.84:237:09
1814.84:227:10
1914.84:217:12
2014.94:207:13
2114.94:197:14
2215.04:187:15
2315.04:177:16
2415.04:167:17
2515.14:157:18
2615.14:147:19
2715.14:137:20
2815.14:137:21
2915.24:127:22
3015.24:117:23
3115.24:107:24

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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45.2Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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115.4Bright
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275.6Bright
285.6Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Drummondville?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Drummondville for sightseeing.

What to pack for Drummondville in May

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

In May, Drummondville sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Drummondville in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Drummondville peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Drummondville?

Drummondville sits at 45.9°N, 72.5°W, 89 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Victoriaville, 44 km away.

Topography around Drummondville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Drummondville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 985 m.

The land around Drummondville is covered by trees (46%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
985 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Victoriaville 44 km · Saint-Hyacinthe 46 km · Trois-Rivières 52 km · Sorel-Tracy 52 km · Granby 57 km · Mont-Saint-Hilaire 65 km · Beloeil 66 km · Rock Forest 70 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 Drummondville (45.8834°, -72.4824°, elevation 89 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).