Kelowna weather in May

In May, Kelowna sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°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 Kelowna's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kelowna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 51 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 4:19 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kelowna is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 683/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1859

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 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kelowna reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 21°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)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How May really feels in Kelowna

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.

Kelowna weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -6°	59	13.5	13	8.4	0.0
Feb	2° / -6°	41	10	9	9.7	0.0
Mar	6° / -3°	55	11.5	8.1	11.5	0.4
Apr	10° / 1°	43	9.7	2.9	13.5	2.3
May	15° / 5°	51	9.9	0.3	15.1	4.5
Jun	18° / 8°	51	9.2	0	16	5.8
Jul	23° / 12°	30	5.3	0	15.7	7.7
Aug	23° / 13°	25	5.2	0	14.3	7.9
Sep	18° / 9°	43	7.7	0.1	12.4	6.3
Oct	11° / 4°	69	12.1	1.6	10.5	2.6
Nov	4° / -1°	87	15.5	9.9	8.8	0.1
Dec	-0° / -5°	66	13.5	14.2	8	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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kelowna gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 31% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	3
2	28	3
3	28	3
4	28	2
5	28	2
6	28	2
7	29	2
8	29	2
9	29	2
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	32	1
17	32	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	34	1
21	34	1
22	35	1
23	35	0
24	35	0
25	35	0
26	34	0
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	33	0
30	33	0
31	33	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 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	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	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 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 4:44 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:48 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	14.6	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	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:44	4:42	4:40	4:38	4:37	4:35	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:25	4:24	4:22	4:21	4:19	4:18	4:17	4:15	4:14	4:13	4:12	4:10	4:09	4:08	4:07	4:06	4:05	4:04	4:03	4:03
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	4:44	7:07
2	14.4	4:42	7:08
3	14.5	4:40	7:10
4	14.6	4:38	7:11
5	14.6	4:37	7:13
6	14.7	4:35	7:14
7	14.7	4:33	7:16
8	14.8	4:31	7:17
9	14.8	4:30	7:19
10	14.9	4:28	7:20
11	14.9	4:27	7:22
12	15.0	4:25	7:23
13	15.0	4:24	7:25
14	15.1	4:22	7:26
15	15.1	4:21	7:28
16	15.2	4:19	7:29
17	15.2	4:18	7:30
18	15.3	4:17	7:32
19	15.3	4:15	7:33
20	15.3	4:14	7:35
21	15.4	4:13	7:36
22	15.4	4:12	7:37
23	15.5	4:10	7:39
24	15.5	4:09	7:40
25	15.5	4:08	7:41
26	15.6	4:07	7:42
27	15.6	4:06	7:44
28	15.7	4:05	7:45
29	15.7	4:04	7:46
30	15.7	4:03	7:47
31	15.8	4:03	7:48

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.13 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	5.9	6.0	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	6.1	6.1	6.2	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	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	5.9	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	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	6.2	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 Kelowna?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kelowna for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kelowna in May

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

In May, Kelowna sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Kelowna 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 Kelowna 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 15 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	4	5	6	6	8	7	4	3	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	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	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 Kelowna 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 Kelowna is worst in August — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 10.1× the cleanest month (January, 3 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kelowna's WHO annual average of 12 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	3	4	4	4	4	5	26	33	6	30	19	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	4	Good
Mar	4	Good
Apr	4	Good
May	4	Good
Jun	5	Good
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	6	Good
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kelowna?

Kelowna sits at 49.9°N, 119.5°W, 350 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is West Kelowna, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Kelowna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kelowna has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 361 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,343 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,082 m.

The land around Kelowna is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and water (30%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

1,343 m

trees 56%

80 km

2,082 m

trees 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: West Kelowna 7.0 km · Okanagan Mission 7.0 km · Rutland 7.0 km · Lake Country 15 km · Vernon 45 km · Penticton 45 km · Salmon Arm 92 km · Kamloops 105 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 Kelowna (49.8831°, -119.4857°, elevation 350 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	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	6
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	3
2	28	3
3	28	3
4	28	2
5	28	2
6	28	2
7	29	2
8	29	2
9	29	2
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	32	1
17	32	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	34	1
21	34	1
22	35	1
23	35	0
24	35	0
25	35	0
26	34	0
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	33	0
30	33	0
31	33	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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	6
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	3
2	28	3
3	28	3
4	28	2
5	28	2
6	28	2
7	29	2
8	29	2
9	29	2
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	32	1
17	32	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	34	1
21	34	1
22	35	1
23	35	0
24	35	0
25	35	0
26	34	0
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	33	0
30	33	0
31	33	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	13	3
2	13	3
3	13	3
4	13	3
5	13	4
6	14	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	4
10	14	4
11	15	4
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	6
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	3
2	28	3
3	28	3
4	28	2
5	28	2
6	28	2
7	29	2
8	29	2
9	29	2
10	29	1
11	30	1
12	30	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	32	1
17	32	1
18	33	1
19	33	1
20	34	1
21	34	1
22	35	1
23	35	0
24	35	0
25	35	0
26	34	0
27	34	0
28	34	0
29	33	0
30	33	0
31	33	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