Douarnenez weather in May

In May, Douarnenez sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 58 mm of rain across 9.9 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Douarnenez's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douarnenez's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 9.9 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 5:45 AM – 8:42 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 6th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; 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 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Douarnenez reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

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

Douarnenez weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 7°	115	15.7	8.6	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	86	12.5	9.9	1.8
Mar	11° / 8°	70	12.4	11.6	2.3
Apr	12° / 9°	69	11	13.4	3.1
May	14° / 11°	58	9.9	14.9	4.3
Jun	17° / 14°	47	8.9	15.8	5.5
Jul	18° / 16°	47	9.3	15.4	6.2
Aug	19° / 16°	54	9	14.1	6.3
Sep	17° / 15°	60	9.3	12.4	5.7
Oct	15° / 13°	106	14.1	10.6	4.2
Nov	13° / 10°	117	15.9	9	2.9
Dec	11° / 8°	129	15.6	8.2	2.2

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. 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 (%)	41	40	40	40	39	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	59	60	60	60	61	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Douarnenez gets around 58 mm of rain over 9.9 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 34% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31

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

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.

	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 (%)	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	83	81	80	78
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	19	20	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	78	22

Wind in May

Winds average 19 km/h in May.

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 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 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 9:00 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)	14.2	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	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29
Sunset (PM)	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:59	9:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	6:08	8:22
2	14.3	6:06	8:23
3	14.3	6:04	8:24
4	14.4	6:02	8:26
5	14.4	6:01	8:27
6	14.5	5:59	8:29
7	14.5	5:58	8:30
8	14.6	5:56	8:31
9	14.6	5:55	8:33
10	14.7	5:53	8:34
11	14.7	5:52	8:36
12	14.8	5:50	8:37
13	14.8	5:49	8:38
14	14.9	5:47	8:40
15	14.9	5:46	8:41
16	15.0	5:45	8:42
17	15.0	5:44	8:44
18	15.0	5:42	8:45
19	15.1	5:41	8:46
20	15.1	5:40	8:47
21	15.2	5:39	8:49
22	15.2	5:38	8:50
23	15.2	5:37	8:51
24	15.3	5:36	8:52
25	15.3	5:35	8:53
26	15.4	5:34	8:55
27	15.4	5:33	8:56
28	15.4	5:32	8:57
29	15.4	5:31	8:58
30	15.5	5:30	8:59
31	15.5	5:29	9:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 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)	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Douarnenez?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Douarnenez for sightseeing.

What to pack for Douarnenez in May

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

In May, Douarnenez sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Douarnenez in May

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 22 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in February near 10°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)	11	10	10	11	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	11	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Douarnenez 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 Douarnenez peaks around August 13 at about 7 (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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	7	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Douarnenez?

Douarnenez sits at 48.1°N, 4.3°W, 23 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Quimper, 20 km away.

Topography around Douarnenez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douarnenez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m.

The land around Douarnenez is covered by water (44%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (27%), water (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (50%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

water 44%

16 km

329 m

cropland 27%

80 km

384 m

water 50%

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

May weather nearby: Quimper 20 km · Brest 35 km · Concarneau 39 km · Landerneau 40 km · Morlaix 65 km · Ploemeur 78 km · Lorient 81 km · Lanester 82 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 Douarnenez (48.0954°, -4.329°, elevation 23 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	13	10
2	13	10
3	13	10
4	13	11
5	13	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	16	12
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	40	60
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	89	11
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	84	16
28	83	17
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	78	22