Victoriaville weather in May

In May, Victoriaville sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 114 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 20°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 Victoriaville's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoriaville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
114 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:22 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
68%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Victoriaville is city in Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada.

Density
399/km²
people per km²
Founded
1993

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 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Victoriaville reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1154
2154
3154
4155
5165
6165
7165
8165
9176
10176
11176
12176
13176
14176
15187
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28209
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30209
312010

How May really feels in Victoriaville

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.

Victoriaville weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -15°8212.712.18.90.0
Feb-4° / -14°6710.310.5100.0
Mar / -8°8111.78.511.60.0
Apr10° / 10312.6413.32.1
May18° / 114140.314.75.1
Jun22° / 12°12913.6015.56.0
Jul25° / 15°13515.3015.26.0
Aug24° / 14°12813.90146.4
Sep19° / 11011.3012.35.8
Oct12° / 12012.61.110.73.0
Nov / -3°9512.869.20.3
Dec-2° / -10°9713.511.58.50.0

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
33664
43664
53664
63763
73664
83664
93664
103763
113763
123763
133862
143862
153862
163862
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183862
193862
203862
213763
223664
233664
243664
253565
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273565
283466
293565
303565
313466

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Victoriaville gets around 114 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 44% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1434
2433
3433
4423
5422
6422
7422
8422
9422
10411
11411
12411
13411
14411
15411
16421
17421
18431
19431
20441
21451
22461
23461
24471
25481
26481
27490
28490
29490
30490
31490

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
398200
497300
597300
697300
797300
897300
997300
1097300
1196400
1296400
1396400
1496400
1596400
1695410
1794510
1894510
1993520
2092620
2191630
2291630
2390730
2488741
2587841
2687841
2785951
28841051
29841051
30831151
31811252

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
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2012calm
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3111calm

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 4:43 AM to 4:08 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)
114.14:436:47
214.14:416:49
314.24:406:50
414.24:386:51
514.34:376:53
614.34:356:54
714.44:346:55
814.44:326:56
914.44:316:58
1014.54:296:59
1114.54:287:00
1214.64:277:02
1314.64:257:03
1414.74:247:04
1514.74:237:05
1614.74:227:06
1714.84:217:08
1814.84:197:09
1914.94:187:10
2014.94:177:11
2114.94:167:12
2215.04:157:13
2315.04:147:15
2415.04:137:16
2515.14:127:17
2615.14:127:18
2715.14:117:19
2815.24:107:20
2915.24:097:21
3015.24:087:22
3115.34:087:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
25.1Bright
35.1Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.4Bright
125.4Bright
135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
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205.5Bright
215.5Bright
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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 Victoriaville?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Victoriaville for sightseeing.

What to pack for Victoriaville in May

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

In May, Victoriaville sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Victoriaville 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 Victoriaville 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 December 22 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 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Victoriaville?

Victoriaville sits at 46.1°N, 72.0°W, 131 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Drummondville, 44 km away.

Topography around Victoriaville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoriaville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 841 m.

The land around Victoriaville is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
424 m
80 km
841 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Drummondville 44 km · Thetford-Mines 51 km · Trois-Rivières 56 km · Sherbrooke 72 km · Rock Forest 77 km · Shawinigan 83 km · Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 86 km · Magog 88 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 Victoriaville (46.0501°, -71.9658°, elevation 131 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).