Sooke weather in May

In May, Sooke sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 63 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sooke's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sooke's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 9.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 4:41 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sooke reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 2°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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

Sooke weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 5°	237	20.1	3.1	8.6	0.5
Feb	7° / 5°	148	15.6	2.4	9.9	0.6
Mar	8° / 5°	166	18.1	1.7	11.6	1.0
Apr	10° / 7°	107	13.6	0.2	13.4	1.9
May	12° / 9°	63	9.3	0	15	3.3
Jun	14° / 10°	45	7.5	0	15.8	4.3
Jul	16° / 12°	24	4.2	0	15.5	6.1
Aug	17° / 13°	34	4.4	0	14.1	6.4
Sep	15° / 12°	59	7.9	0	12.4	5.1
Oct	12° / 9°	155	15	0	10.6	2.7
Nov	9° / 7°	240	19.4	1	9	1.2
Dec	7° / 5°	234	19.9	3.1	8.2	0.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sooke gets around 63 mm of rain over 9.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	37	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

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

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 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 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 5:04 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 7:59 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)	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:04	5:03	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:28	4:27	4:27	4:26
Sunset (PM)	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.3	5:04	7:20
2	14.3	5:03	7:21
3	14.4	5:01	7:23
4	14.4	4:59	7:24
5	14.5	4:58	7:26
6	14.5	4:56	7:27
7	14.6	4:54	7:28
8	14.6	4:53	7:30
9	14.7	4:51	7:31
10	14.7	4:50	7:33
11	14.8	4:48	7:34
12	14.8	4:47	7:35
13	14.9	4:46	7:37
14	14.9	4:44	7:38
15	14.9	4:43	7:40
16	15.0	4:41	7:41
17	15.0	4:40	7:42
18	15.1	4:39	7:43
19	15.1	4:38	7:45
20	15.2	4:37	7:46
21	15.2	4:35	7:47
22	15.2	4:34	7:49
23	15.3	4:33	7:50
24	15.3	4:32	7:51
25	15.4	4:31	7:52
26	15.4	4:30	7:53
27	15.4	4:29	7:54
28	15.5	4:28	7:56
29	15.5	4:27	7:57
30	15.5	4:27	7:58
31	15.5	4:26	7:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sooke

In seasonPeak

None of Sooke's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Sooke's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sooke?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sooke.

What to pack for Sooke in May

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

In May, Sooke sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sooke in May

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 12°C and coldest in January near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Sooke 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 Sooke peaks around July 18 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 7 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	6	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	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sooke?

Sooke sits at 48.4°N, 123.7°W, 39 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Langford, 19 km away.

Topography around Sooke

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sooke has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 881 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,351 m.

The land around Sooke is covered by trees (58%) and water (29%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and water (42%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

279 m

trees 58%

16 km

881 m

trees 54%

80 km

2,351 m

trees 57%

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

May weather nearby: Langford 19 km · Colwood 19 km · Esquimalt 24 km · Carey 27 km · Victoria-Downtown 28 km · Victoria 29 km · Central Saanich 31 km · Oak Bay 32 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 Sooke (48.3746°, -123.7276°, elevation 39 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	11	8
2	11	8
3	11	8
4	11	8
5	11	8
6	11	8
7	11	8
8	12	8
9	12	8
10	12	8
11	12	8
12	12	9
13	12	9
14	12	9
15	12	9
16	12	9
17	12	9
18	12	9
19	13	9
20	13	9
21	13	9
22	13	9
23	13	9
24	13	9
25	13	9
26	13	9
27	13	9
28	13	9
29	13	10
30	13	10
31	13	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	45	55
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

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

	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