Alès weather in May

In May, Alès sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 82 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alès's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alès's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 82 mm; 8.9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 5:23 AM – 7:57 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Alès reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13

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

How May really feels in Alès

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.

Alès 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	90	9.1	1.2	9.1	2.4
Feb	12° / 2°	57	6.6	0.6	10.2	3.3
Mar	15° / 5°	72	7	0.2	11.6	5.2
Apr	18° / 7°	99	9.5	0	13.2	6.0
May	22° / 11°	82	8.9	0	14.5	6.9
Jun	27° / 14°	49	6.7	0	15.2	7.2
Jul	30° / 17°	35	4.7	0	15	6.1
Aug	29° / 16°	56	6.2	0	13.8	6.3
Sep	24° / 13°	128	7.4	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	19° / 10°	174	11.7	0	10.8	5.9
Nov	14° / 6°	155	10.7	0.1	9.4	4.0
Dec	11° / 3°	96	9.1	0.4	8.8	2.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	50	50	49	51	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57
Cloudier (%)	51	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	50	50	51	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alès gets around 82 mm of rain over 8.9 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 35% 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	25	25

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

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 84% 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 (%)	95	94	93	93	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	87	86	85	85	84	83	81	81	80	77	76	75	73	72	71	69	69
Comfortable (%)	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	88	12	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	86	14	0
17	85	15	0
18	85	15	0
19	84	16	0
20	83	17	0
21	81	18	1
22	81	18	1
23	80	19	1
24	77	21	2
25	76	22	2
26	75	23	2
27	73	24	3
28	72	25	3
29	71	25	4
30	69	26	5
31	69	26	5

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 8:12 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)	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:10
Sunset (PM)	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:43	7:44	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	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	5:43	7:39
2	14.0	5:41	7:40
3	14.0	5:40	7:41
4	14.1	5:38	7:43
5	14.1	5:37	7:44
6	14.2	5:36	7:45
7	14.2	5:34	7:46
8	14.2	5:33	7:47
9	14.3	5:32	7:49
10	14.3	5:30	7:50
11	14.4	5:29	7:51
12	14.4	5:28	7:52
13	14.4	5:27	7:53
14	14.5	5:25	7:54
15	14.5	5:24	7:56
16	14.6	5:23	7:57
17	14.6	5:22	7:58
18	14.6	5:21	7:59
19	14.7	5:20	8:00
20	14.7	5:19	8:01
21	14.7	5:18	8:02
22	14.8	5:17	8:03
23	14.8	5:16	8:04
24	14.8	5:15	8:05
25	14.9	5:15	8:06
26	14.9	5:14	8:07
27	14.9	5:13	8:08
28	14.9	5:12	8:09
29	15.0	5:12	8:10
30	15.0	5:11	8:11
31	15.0	5:10	8:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.15 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Alès

In seasonPeak

In May, Alès sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alès's rainy season runs September–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Alès?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Alès for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alès in May

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

In May, Alès sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Alès 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 Alès peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Alès?

Alès sits at 44.1°N, 4.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Nîmes, 39 km away.

Topography around Alès

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alès has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 818 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,702 m.

The land around Alès is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) within 80 km.

3 km

237 m

trees 53%

16 km

818 m

trees 72%

80 km

1,702 m

trees 58%

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

May weather nearby: Nîmes 39 km · Bagnols-sur-Cèze 43 km · Lunel 50 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 56 km · Mauguio 57 km · Orange 58 km · Montpellier 59 km · Avignon 61 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Alès (44.1249°, 4.0808°, elevation 135 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	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	88	12	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	86	14	0
17	85	15	0
18	85	15	0
19	84	16	0
20	83	17	0
21	81	18	1
22	81	18	1
23	80	19	1
24	77	21	2
25	76	22	2
26	75	23	2
27	73	24	3
28	72	25	3
29	71	25	4
30	69	26	5
31	69	26	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	88	12	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	86	14	0
17	85	15	0
18	85	15	0
19	84	16	0
20	83	17	0
21	81	18	1
22	81	18	1
23	80	19	1
24	77	21	2
25	76	22	2
26	75	23	2
27	73	24	3
28	72	25	3
29	71	25	4
30	69	26	5
31	69	26	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	91	9	0
8	90	10	0
9	90	10	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	88	12	0
14	87	13	0
15	87	13	0
16	86	14	0
17	85	15	0
18	85	15	0
19	84	16	0
20	83	17	0
21	81	18	1
22	81	18	1
23	80	19	1
24	77	21	2
25	76	22	2
26	75	23	2
27	73	24	3
28	72	25	3
29	71	25	4
30	69	26	5
31	69	26	5