Edmonton weather in May

In May, Edmonton sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-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 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Edmonton's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Edmonton's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 36 min; 4:41 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Edmonton is capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,475/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1904

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 Edmonton 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 9°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°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)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How May really feels in Edmonton

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

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.

Edmonton weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-8° / -16°	18	5.6	5.6	7.8	0.0
Feb	-5° / -14°	11	3.4	4	9.4	0.0
Mar	0° / -9°	16	5	4.9	11.5	0.0
Apr	9° / -2°	33	6.5	2.9	13.7	2.1
May	16° / 4°	53	8.4	0.8	15.6	5.2
Jun	20° / 9°	86	13.3	0	16.7	5.7
Jul	22° / 11°	88	13.5	0	16.3	6.3
Aug	21° / 10°	58	9.8	0	14.6	6.6
Sep	17° / 5°	38	7.1	0.3	12.5	5.6
Oct	9° / -1°	23	5.6	2.1	10.3	2.0
Nov	-1° / -9°	21	5.6	5.3	8.3	0.0
Dec	-7° / -15°	14	4.6	5.4	7.3	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 60%.

	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 (%)	36	37	37	38	40	40	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	64	63	63	62	60	60	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	58	58	59	60	60	60	60	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Edmonton gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 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 28% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34
Snow chance (%)	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	6
2	25	6
3	25	5
4	25	5
5	25	5
6	24	4
7	24	4
8	24	4
9	25	4
10	25	3
11	25	3
12	26	3
13	26	3
14	27	2
15	27	2
16	28	2
17	28	2
18	29	2
19	29	2
20	30	2
21	30	2
22	31	2
23	31	2
24	31	2
25	32	1
26	32	1
27	32	1
28	33	1
29	33	1
30	34	1
31	34	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 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 8:42 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)	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:35	4:33	4:32	4:30	4:29	4:28	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:23	4:22	4:21
Sunset (PM)	7:53	7:55	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:02	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:18	8:19	8:21	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27	8:29	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:35	8:36	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.7	5:09	7:53
2	14.8	5:07	7:55
3	14.9	5:05	7:57
4	14.9	5:03	7:58
5	15.0	5:01	8:00
6	15.1	4:59	8:02
7	15.1	4:57	8:04
8	15.2	4:55	8:06
9	15.2	4:53	8:07
10	15.3	4:51	8:09
11	15.4	4:49	8:11
12	15.4	4:48	8:13
13	15.5	4:46	8:14
14	15.5	4:44	8:16
15	15.6	4:43	8:18
16	15.6	4:41	8:19
17	15.7	4:39	8:21
18	15.8	4:38	8:23
19	15.8	4:36	8:24
20	15.9	4:35	8:26
21	15.9	4:33	8:27
22	16.0	4:32	8:29
23	16.0	4:30	8:31
24	16.1	4:29	8:32
25	16.1	4:28	8:33
26	16.1	4:26	8:35
27	16.2	4:25	8:36
28	16.2	4:24	8:38
29	16.3	4:23	8:39
30	16.3	4:22	8:40
31	16.3	4:21	8:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.22 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.08 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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	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	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Intense
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Edmonton?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Edmonton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Edmonton in May

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

In May, Edmonton sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Edmonton 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 Edmonton peaks around July 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	3	5	6	7	5	3	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Edmonton?

Edmonton sits at 53.6°N, 113.5°W, 668 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Wîhkwêntôwin, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Edmonton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Edmonton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 657 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m.

The land around Edmonton is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), grassland (28%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

165 m

artificial surfaces 40%

80 km

391 m

cropland 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Wîhkwêntôwin 4.0 km · Sherwood Park 11 km · St. Albert 14 km · Spruce Grove 30 km · Leduc 32 km · Stony Plain 35 km · Camrose 73 km · Sylvan Lake 144 km

Canada travel facts

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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Edmonton (53.5501°, -113.4687°, elevation 668 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	38	62
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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