Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures weather in May

In May, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 107 mm of precipitation across 13.5 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
107 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:18 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
67%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is city in Quebec, Canada.

Density
165/km²
people per km²
Founded
1679

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°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)
1143
2144
3144
4154
5154
6154
7165
8165
9165
10165
11165
12176
13176
14176
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17187
18187
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20187
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31209

How May really feels in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

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.

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -16°8611.611.88.80.0
Feb-5° / -15°699.69.9100.0
Mar / -8°8410.88.511.60.0
Apr / -1°10711.84.713.31.6
May17° / 10713.50.414.85.0
Jun22° / 12°12512.9015.66.1
Jul24° / 15°13415015.36.1
Aug23° / 14°12413.70146.4
Sep19° / 11711.9012.45.6
Oct11° / 13012.71.310.62.6
Nov / -3°10312.86.79.20.1
Dec-3° / -11°10312.911.78.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43565
53565
63466
73466
83466
93466
103565
113565
123565
133664
143664
153763
163664
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203763
213664
223763
233664
243664
253565
263565
273565
283466
293466
303466
313565

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures gets around 107 mm of rain and snow over 13.5 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1425
2424
3424
4413
5413
6413
7412
8412
9412
10412
11412
12412
13411
14411
15411
16411
17411
18411
19421
20421
21431
22431
23440
24440
25440
26450
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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
298200
398200
498200
598200
698200
798200
898200
998200
1098200
1197300
1297300
1397300
1497300
1597300
1696310
1796310
1895410
1995410
2094420
2193520
2293520
2391630
2491630
2590730
2689740
2788840
2888840
2987940
3087940
31851041

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
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1911calm
2011calm
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3011calm
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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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:396:47
214.24:386:48
314.24:366:50
414.34:346:51
514.34:336:52
614.44:316:54
714.44:306:55
814.54:286:56
914.54:276:58
1014.64:256:59
1114.64:247:00
1214.64:237:01
1314.74:217:03
1414.74:207:04
1514.84:197:05
1614.84:187:06
1714.94:167:08
1814.94:157:09
1914.94:147:10
2015.04:137:11
2115.04:127:13
2215.04:117:14
2315.14:107:15
2415.14:097:16
2515.24:087:17
2615.24:077:18
2715.24:067:19
2815.24:057:20
2915.34:057:21
3015.34:047:22
3115.34:037:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.3Bright
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95.3Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
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135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
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185.5Bright
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205.5Bright
215.5Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures in May

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

In May, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 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 January 10 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 7Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures?

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures sits at 46.7°N, 71.5°W, 78 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is L'Ancienne-Lorette, 10 km away.

Topography around Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 489 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,208 m.

The land around Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is covered by trees (26%), cropland (26%) and water (24%) within 3 km, trees (55%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
489 m
80 km
1,208 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: L'Ancienne-Lorette 10 km · Sainte-Foy 13 km · Neufchâtel-Est–Lebourgneuf 15 km · Les Rivières 16 km · La Haute-Saint-Charles 18 km · Quebec City 20 km · La Cité-Limoilou 20 km · Charlesbourg 21 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 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (46.7406°, -71.4513°, elevation 78 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).