Swift Current weather in May

In May, Swift Current sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 25% 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 Swift Current's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Swift Current's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 5:31 AM – 8:44 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Swift Current is city in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 691/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1883

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Swift Current reaches about 17°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 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8

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

How May really feels in Swift Current

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 13 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.

Swift Current weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -15°	17	4.7	5.4	8.3	0.0
Feb	-4° / -14°	11	3.5	4.2	9.7	0.0
Mar	2° / -8°	21	5.5	5.2	11.5	0.1
Apr	10° / -2°	34	7.6	3.4	13.5	2.5
May	17° / 4°	55	9.4	1.2	15.2	5.3
Jun	21° / 10°	92	12.8	0	16.1	5.9
Jul	24° / 12°	61	9.5	0	15.7	7.2
Aug	24° / 11°	51	7.9	0	14.3	7.6
Sep	19° / 6°	38	5.8	0.3	12.4	6.6
Oct	11° / -1°	31	5.9	2.3	10.5	2.8
Nov	1° / -8°	21	5.8	5.2	8.8	0.0
Dec	-5° / -13°	16	4.7	5.3	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 59%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	42	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	42	42
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	58	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	58	58

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Swift Current gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 31% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38
Snow chance (%)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	9
2	28	9
3	28	8
4	27	8
5	27	8
6	27	7
7	27	7
8	27	6
9	27	6
10	27	5
11	28	5
12	28	5
13	29	4
14	29	4
15	30	4
16	31	4
17	32	3
18	32	3
19	33	3
20	33	3
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	2
26	36	2
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	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	99	99	99	99	99	98
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

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 5:56 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 8:21 PM to 9:03 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	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	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	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14
Sunset (PM)	8:21	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27	8:29	8:30	8:32	8:33	8:35	8:36	8:38	8:39	8:41	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	5:56	8:21
2	14.5	5:54	8:23
3	14.5	5:52	8:24
4	14.6	5:50	8:26
5	14.6	5:49	8:27
6	14.7	5:47	8:29
7	14.8	5:45	8:30
8	14.8	5:44	8:32
9	14.9	5:42	8:33
10	14.9	5:40	8:35
11	15.0	5:39	8:36
12	15.0	5:37	8:38
13	15.1	5:36	8:39
14	15.1	5:34	8:41
15	15.2	5:33	8:42
16	15.2	5:31	8:44
17	15.3	5:30	8:45
18	15.3	5:28	8:47
19	15.3	5:27	8:48
20	15.4	5:26	8:49
21	15.4	5:24	8:51
22	15.5	5:23	8:52
23	15.5	5:22	8:53
24	15.6	5:21	8:55
25	15.6	5:20	8:56
26	15.6	5:19	8:57
27	15.7	5:18	8:58
28	15.7	5:17	9:00
29	15.8	5:16	9:01
30	15.8	5:15	9:02
31	15.8	5:14	9:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.07 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	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	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2
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	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	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	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Swift Current?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Swift Current for sightseeing.

What to pack for Swift Current in May

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

In May, Swift Current sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Swift Current 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 Swift Current peaks around July 11 at about 7 (very 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	2	3	4	5	7	7	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	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Swift Current?

Swift Current sits at 50.3°N, 107.8°W, 742 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Moose Jaw, 161 km away.

Topography around Swift Current

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Swift Current has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 756 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m.

The land around Swift Current is covered by grassland (52%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

77 m

grassland 52%

16 km

169 m

cropland 57%

80 km

487 m

cropland 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Moose Jaw 161 km · Medicine Hat 207 km · Stonebridge 216 km · Nutana Sector 218 km · Lakewood 220 km · Core Neighbourhoods 220 km · Confederation 220 km · Saskatoon 220 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 Swift Current (50.2834°, -107.8013°, elevation 742 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	14	1
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	15	2
6	15	2
7	15	2
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	16	3
11	16	3
12	16	3
13	16	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	5
18	17	5
19	17	5
20	18	5
21	18	6
22	18	6
23	18	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	7
27	19	7
28	19	7
29	19	7
30	19	7
31	19	8

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	9
2	28	9
3	28	8
4	27	8
5	27	8
6	27	7
7	27	7
8	27	6
9	27	6
10	27	5
11	28	5
12	28	5
13	29	4
14	29	4
15	30	4
16	31	4
17	32	3
18	32	3
19	33	3
20	33	3
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	2
26	36	2
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	9
2	28	9
3	28	8
4	27	8
5	27	8
6	27	7
7	27	7
8	27	6
9	27	6
10	27	5
11	28	5
12	28	5
13	29	4
14	29	4
15	30	4
16	31	4
17	32	3
18	32	3
19	33	3
20	33	3
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	2
26	36	2
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	28	9
2	28	9
3	28	8
4	27	8
5	27	8
6	27	7
7	27	7
8	27	6
9	27	6
10	27	5
11	28	5
12	28	5
13	29	4
14	29	4
15	30	4
16	31	4
17	32	3
18	32	3
19	33	3
20	33	3
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	35	2
24	35	2
25	35	2
26	36	2
27	36	1
28	37	1
29	37	1
30	37	1
31	38	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	98	2