White Rock weather in May

In May, White Rock sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 85 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°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 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is White Rock's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see White Rock's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 85 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 06 min; 4:36 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

White Rock is city in British Columbia, Canada.

Density: 4,614/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1957

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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in White Rock reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

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

How May really feels in White Rock

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.

White Rock weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-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° / 2°	226	18.6	3	8.5	0.6
Feb	8° / 3°	138	14.7	2.3	9.8	1.3
Mar	11° / 4°	179	18.1	1.1	11.6	2.1
Apr	14° / 6°	129	14.7	0	13.4	3.4
May	17° / 9°	85	10.8	0	15	5.4
Jun	19° / 12°	60	9.2	0	15.9	6.2
Jul	23° / 14°	33	5.1	0	15.6	7.8
Aug	23° / 14°	50	5.7	0	14.2	7.8
Sep	20° / 11°	86	8.9	0	12.4	6.5
Oct	14° / 8°	174	15.3	0	10.5	3.6
Nov	9° / 4°	252	18.8	1	8.9	1.5
Dec	6° / 2°	212	18.2	3.4	8.1	0.5

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 (%)	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	40	40	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	60	60	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

White Rock gets around 85 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	39
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
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30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 4:19 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:58 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	14.4	14.4	14.5	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	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6
Sunrise (AM)	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:30	4:29	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:23	4:22	4:21	4:20	4:19
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.3	4:59	7:18
2	14.4	4:57	7:19
3	14.4	4:56	7:21
4	14.5	4:54	7:22
5	14.5	4:52	7:24
6	14.6	4:51	7:25
7	14.6	4:49	7:27
8	14.7	4:47	7:28
9	14.7	4:46	7:29
10	14.8	4:44	7:31
11	14.8	4:43	7:32
12	14.9	4:41	7:34
13	14.9	4:40	7:35
14	15.0	4:38	7:37
15	15.0	4:37	7:38
16	15.1	4:36	7:39
17	15.1	4:34	7:41
18	15.2	4:33	7:42
19	15.2	4:32	7:43
20	15.2	4:30	7:45
21	15.3	4:29	7:46
22	15.3	4:28	7:47
23	15.4	4:27	7:48
24	15.4	4:26	7:50
25	15.4	4:25	7:51
26	15.5	4:24	7:52
27	15.5	4:23	7:53
28	15.5	4:22	7:54
29	15.6	4:21	7:55
30	15.6	4:20	7:57
31	15.6	4:19	7:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.74 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)	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
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24	5.8	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	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for White Rock

In seasonPeak

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

White Rock's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Oct

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Dec

Is May a good time to visit White Rock?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit White Rock for sightseeing.

What to pack for White Rock in May

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

In May, White Rock sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near White Rock in May

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in January near 7°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)	7	7	8	9	12	14	15	16	14	11	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	11	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in White Rock 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 White Rock 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 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	3	4	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	3	Moderate
Apr	4	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 White Rock?

White Rock sits at 49.0°N, 122.8°W, 67 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is South Surrey, 3.0 km away.

Topography around White Rock

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around White Rock has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,279 m.

The land around White Rock is covered by water (43%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (37%), trees (29%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

150 m

water 43%

16 km

179 m

water 37%

80 km

3,279 m

trees 50%

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

May weather nearby: South Surrey 3.0 km · Surrey 10 km · Cloverdale 11 km · Newton 13 km · Langley 13 km · Strawberry Hill 14 km · Willoughby 14 km · Fleetwood 16 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 White Rock (49.0205°, -122.7951°, elevation 67 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	16	8
2	16	8
3	16	8
4	16	8
5	16	8
6	16	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	9
12	17	9
13	17	9
14	17	9
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	18	10
25	18	10
26	18	10
27	18	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	39
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	39
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	44	56
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	39	61
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	39
4	38
5	37
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	34
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3