Mérignac weather in May

In May, Mérignac sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 Mérignac's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mérignac's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 77 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 5:40 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Mérignac is human settlement in France.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.4 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mérignac reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	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	12	13	13	13	13	13

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

Mérignac weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	72	11.3	9	2.4
Feb	12° / 4°	52	9.3	10.1	3.0
Mar	15° / 6°	56	10.2	11.6	4.7
Apr	18° / 8°	73	11.9	13.2	5.5
May	21° / 11°	77	12.1	14.6	6.2
Jun	25° / 14°	65	9.4	15.3	6.9
Jul	27° / 16°	47	7.4	15	7.0
Aug	27° / 16°	54	7.5	13.9	7.0
Sep	24° / 13°	60	8.8	12.3	7.1
Oct	20° / 10°	69	10.5	10.7	6.1
Nov	14° / 7°	82	11.7	9.4	3.9
Dec	11° / 4°	75	11.4	8.7	2.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 60%. 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 (%)	35	35	36	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	36	36	37	37	39	39	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	43
Cloudier (%)	65	65	64	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	63	64	64	63	63	61	61	59	59	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mérignac gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.1 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 40% and peaks near 44% 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 (%)	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

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 79% 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 (%)	92	90	89	88	88	87	86	86	86	85	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	79	79	77	75	74	71	70	67	66	64	62	60	59
Comfortable (%)	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	19	20	21	23	24	26	27	29	30	31	32
Humid (%)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	90	9	1
3	89	10	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	87	12	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	84	14	2
12	84	14	2
13	84	14	2
14	83	15	2
15	83	15	2
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	81	16	3
19	79	17	4
20	79	17	4
21	77	19	4
22	75	20	5
23	74	21	5
24	71	23	6
25	70	24	6
26	67	26	7
27	66	27	7
28	64	29	7
29	62	30	8
30	60	31	9
31	59	32	9

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 6:00 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 8:33 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	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	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	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:27
Sunset (PM)	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	6:00	7:59
2	14.0	5:59	8:01
3	14.1	5:57	8:02
4	14.1	5:56	8:03
5	14.2	5:54	8:04
6	14.2	5:53	8:06
7	14.3	5:51	8:07
8	14.3	5:50	8:08
9	14.3	5:49	8:09
10	14.4	5:47	8:11
11	14.4	5:46	8:12
12	14.5	5:45	8:13
13	14.5	5:44	8:14
14	14.5	5:42	8:15
15	14.6	5:41	8:16
16	14.6	5:40	8:18
17	14.7	5:39	8:19
18	14.7	5:38	8:20
19	14.7	5:37	8:21
20	14.8	5:36	8:22
21	14.8	5:35	8:23
22	14.8	5:34	8:24
23	14.9	5:33	8:25
24	14.9	5:32	8:26
25	14.9	5:31	8:27
26	15.0	5:30	8:28
27	15.0	5:29	8:29
28	15.0	5:29	8:30
29	15.1	5:28	8:31
30	15.1	5:27	8:32
31	15.1	5:27	8:33

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 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in June 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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	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
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	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	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 Mérignac?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mérignac for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mérignac in May

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

In May, Mérignac sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Mérignac in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 58 km away) is warmest in August at about 21°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 9 to Sep 15 — about 2.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	11	12	13	15	18	21	21	20	18	16	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	11	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	20	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Mérignac 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 Mérignac peaks around July 18 at about 8 (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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	6	7	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Mérignac?

Mérignac sits at 44.8°N, 0.6°W, 38 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Pessac, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Mérignac

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mérignac has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Mérignac is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (46%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

39 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

99 m

trees 46%

80 km

200 m

trees 43%

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

May weather nearby: Pessac 4.0 km · Le Bouscat 4.0 km · Eysines 5.0 km · Bordeaux 5.0 km · Talence 6.0 km · Blanquefort 8.0 km · Gradignan 8.0 km · Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 8.0 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 Mérignac (44.8425°, -0.6451°, elevation 38 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	22	11
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	90	9	1
3	89	10	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	87	12	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	84	14	2
12	84	14	2
13	84	14	2
14	83	15	2
15	83	15	2
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	81	16	3
19	79	17	4
20	79	17	4
21	77	19	4
22	75	20	5
23	74	21	5
24	71	23	6
25	70	24	6
26	67	26	7
27	66	27	7
28	64	29	7
29	62	30	8
30	60	31	9
31	59	32	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	90	9	1
3	89	10	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	87	12	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	84	14	2
12	84	14	2
13	84	14	2
14	83	15	2
15	83	15	2
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	81	16	3
19	79	17	4
20	79	17	4
21	77	19	4
22	75	20	5
23	74	21	5
24	71	23	6
25	70	24	6
26	67	26	7
27	66	27	7
28	64	29	7
29	62	30	8
30	60	31	9
31	59	32	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	37	63
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	43
4	43
5	42
6	42
7	41
8	41
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	90	9	1
3	89	10	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	87	12	1
7	86	13	1
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	84	14	2
12	84	14	2
13	84	14	2
14	83	15	2
15	83	15	2
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	81	16	3
19	79	17	4
20	79	17	4
21	77	19	4
22	75	20	5
23	74	21	5
24	71	23	6
25	70	24	6
26	67	26	7
27	66	27	7
28	64	29	7
29	62	30	8
30	60	31	9
31	59	32	9