Le Puy-en-Velay weather in May

In May, Le Puy-en-Velay sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 99 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Le Puy-en-Velay's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Le Puy-en-Velay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 99 mm; 13.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 5:21 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 12.8 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 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Le Puy-en-Velay reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9

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

How May really feels in Le Puy-en-Velay

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 Puy-en-Velay weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -2°	70	11.9	7.7	9	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	52	10.2	7.2	10.1	0.2
Mar	9° / 1°	59	11	4.5	11.6	1.9
Apr	12° / 3°	94	13.6	2.8	13.2	2.9
May	16° / 7°	99	13.3	0.7	14.6	4.5
Jun	20° / 10°	82	11.9	0	15.4	6.0
Jul	23° / 12°	67	9.7	0	15.1	7.0
Aug	23° / 12°	74	9.8	0	13.9	7.0
Sep	18° / 9°	92	9.4	0.1	12.3	5.9
Oct	14° / 6°	104	11.8	0.8	10.7	3.6
Nov	8° / 2°	106	13	3.8	9.3	1.2
Dec	5° / -1°	70	11.2	5.8	8.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 63%.

	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 (%)	33	33	32	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	35	35	35	36	37	38	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	39
Cloudier (%)	67	67	68	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	65	65	65	64	63	62	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Le Puy-en-Velay gets around 99 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. 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 (%)	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	44
Snow chance (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	5
2	50	5
3	49	4
4	49	4
5	49	4
6	48	4
7	47	4
8	47	3
9	46	3
10	45	3
11	44	3
12	44	2
13	43	2
14	43	2
15	42	2
16	42	2
17	41	2
18	40	2
19	40	1
20	39	1
21	39	1
22	39	1
23	39	1
24	39	1
25	40	1
26	40	1
27	41	1
28	41	0
29	42	0
30	43	0
31	44	0

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

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

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.

	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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 8:16 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)	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	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	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08
Sunset (PM)	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:42	7:42
2	14.0	5:40	7:43
3	14.1	5:39	7:44
4	14.1	5:37	7:45
5	14.2	5:36	7:47
6	14.2	5:34	7:48
7	14.3	5:33	7:49
8	14.3	5:31	7:50
9	14.4	5:30	7:52
10	14.4	5:29	7:53
11	14.4	5:27	7:54
12	14.5	5:26	7:55
13	14.5	5:25	7:57
14	14.6	5:24	7:58
15	14.6	5:22	7:59
16	14.6	5:21	8:00
17	14.7	5:20	8:01
18	14.7	5:19	8:02
19	14.8	5:18	8:04
20	14.8	5:17	8:05
21	14.8	5:16	8:06
22	14.9	5:15	8:07
23	14.9	5:14	8:08
24	14.9	5:13	8:09
25	15.0	5:12	8:10
26	15.0	5:12	8:11
27	15.0	5:11	8:12
28	15.1	5:10	8:13
29	15.1	5:09	8:14
30	15.1	5:09	8:15
31	15.1	5:08	8:16

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.7 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	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Le Puy-en-Velay for sightseeing.

What to pack for Le Puy-en-Velay in May

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

In May, Le Puy-en-Velay sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Le Puy-en-Velay 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 Le Puy-en-Velay peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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	2	4	6	7	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Le Puy-en-Velay?

Le Puy-en-Velay sits at 45.0°N, 3.9°E, 640 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Firminy, 50 km away.

Topography around Le Puy-en-Velay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Le Puy-en-Velay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Le Puy-en-Velay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 702 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,659 m.

The land around Le Puy-en-Velay is covered by grassland (38%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

301 m

grassland 38%

16 km

900 m

grassland 47%

80 km

1,659 m

trees 54%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← April Le Puy-en-Velay year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Firminy 50 km · Saint-Étienne 59 km · Montbrison 64 km · Annonay 65 km · Saint-Chamond 69 km · Issoire 75 km · Bourg-lès-Valence 80 km · Valence 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 Le Puy-en-Velay (45.0437°, 3.8852°, elevation 640 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	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	15	6
10	15	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	7
20	16	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	18	8
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	5
2	50	5
3	49	4
4	49	4
5	49	4
6	48	4
7	47	4
8	47	3
9	46	3
10	45	3
11	44	3
12	44	2
13	43	2
14	43	2
15	42	2
16	42	2
17	41	2
18	40	2
19	40	1
20	39	1
21	39	1
22	39	1
23	39	1
24	39	1
25	40	1
26	40	1
27	41	1
28	41	0
29	42	0
30	43	0
31	44	0

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	5
2	50	5
3	49	4
4	49	4
5	49	4
6	48	4
7	47	4
8	47	3
9	46	3
10	45	3
11	44	3
12	44	2
13	43	2
14	43	2
15	42	2
16	42	2
17	41	2
18	40	2
19	40	1
20	39	1
21	39	1
22	39	1
23	39	1
24	39	1
25	40	1
26	40	1
27	41	1
28	41	0
29	42	0
30	43	0
31	44	0

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	42	58
27	41	59
28	41	59
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	5
2	50	5
3	49	4
4	49	4
5	49	4
6	48	4
7	47	4
8	47	3
9	46	3
10	45	3
11	44	3
12	44	2
13	43	2
14	43	2
15	42	2
16	42	2
17	41	2
18	40	2
19	40	1
20	39	1
21	39	1
22	39	1
23	39	1
24	39	1
25	40	1
26	40	1
27	41	1
28	41	0
29	42	0
30	43	0
31	44	0

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