Le Mans weather in May

In May, Le Mans sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 Le Mans's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Le Mans's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 54 min; 5:27 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.3 µg/m³ · 2019

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Le Mans reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 3°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Le Mans

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.

Le Mans 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 3°	63	11	0.7	8.6	1.1
Feb	9° / 2°	52	9.7	0.8	9.9	1.6
Mar	12° / 4°	52	10.4	0.3	11.6	3.2
Apr	15° / 6°	54	10.6	0	13.4	4.5
May	19° / 9°	63	11.3	0	14.9	5.7
Jun	22° / 13°	48	8.8	0	15.8	6.7
Jul	25° / 14°	44	7.9	0	15.4	7.2
Aug	24° / 14°	47	7.9	0	14.1	7.2
Sep	21° / 11°	51	8.4	0	12.4	6.6
Oct	16° / 9°	69	11.1	0	10.6	4.9
Nov	11° / 5°	64	11.3	0.1	9	2.6
Dec	8° / 3°	72	11.5	0.7	8.2	1.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. 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 (%)	26	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	28	30	30	31	31	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	74	74	73	74	74	74	73	73	72	70	70	69	69	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Le Mans gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
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 88% 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 (%)	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	88	87	87	86	85	84	83	82	80	79	77	77	75	74
Comfortable (%)	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	91	9	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	11	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	13	2
23	84	14	2
24	83	15	2
25	82	16	2
26	80	17	3
27	79	18	3
28	77	19	4
29	77	19	4
30	75	20	5
31	74	21	5

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 5:50 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 8:03 PM to 8:42 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	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	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	5:13	5:12	5:12
Sunset (PM)	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:16	8:17	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:41	8:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	5:50	8:03
2	14.3	5:48	8:05
3	14.3	5:46	8:06
4	14.4	5:45	8:07
5	14.4	5:43	8:09
6	14.5	5:41	8:10
7	14.5	5:40	8:12
8	14.6	5:38	8:13
9	14.6	5:37	8:14
10	14.7	5:35	8:16
11	14.7	5:34	8:17
12	14.8	5:32	8:19
13	14.8	5:31	8:20
14	14.9	5:30	8:21
15	14.9	5:28	8:23
16	14.9	5:27	8:24
17	15.0	5:26	8:25
18	15.0	5:24	8:26
19	15.1	5:23	8:28
20	15.1	5:22	8:29
21	15.2	5:21	8:30
22	15.2	5:20	8:31
23	15.2	5:19	8:33
24	15.3	5:18	8:34
25	15.3	5:17	8:35
26	15.3	5:16	8:36
27	15.4	5:15	8:37
28	15.4	5:14	8:38
29	15.4	5:13	8:39
30	15.5	5:12	8:41
31	15.5	5:12	8:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.32 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)	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Le Mans?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Le Mans for sightseeing.

What to pack for Le Mans in May

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

In May, Le Mans sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Le Mans 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 Le Mans peaks around August 10 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Le Mans?

Le Mans sits at 48.0°N, 0.2°E, 65 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Flèche, 40 km away.

Topography around Le Mans

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Le Mans has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m.

The land around Le Mans is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (29%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%), trees (27%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

81 m

artificial surfaces 58%

16 km

152 m

trees 35%

80 km

439 m

cropland 46%

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

May weather nearby: La Flèche 40 km · Alençon 49 km · Vendôme 68 km · Mayenne 69 km · Laval 73 km · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 75 km · Tours 77 km · Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 80 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 Le Mans (48.0021°, 0.2025°, elevation 65 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	17	8
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	91	9	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	11	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	13	2
23	84	14	2
24	83	15	2
25	82	16	2
26	80	17	3
27	79	18	3
28	77	19	4
29	77	19	4
30	75	20	5
31	74	21	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	91	9	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	11	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	13	2
23	84	14	2
24	83	15	2
25	82	16	2
26	80	17	3
27	79	18	3
28	77	19	4
29	77	19	4
30	75	20	5
31	74	21	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	26	74
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	28	72
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	38
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	35
30	35
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	96	4	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	93	7	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	91	9	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	11	1
19	87	12	1
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	13	2
23	84	14	2
24	83	15	2
25	82	16	2
26	80	17	3
27	79	18	3
28	77	19	4
29	77	19	4
30	75	20	5
31	74	21	5