Millau weather in May

In May, Millau sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Millau's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Millau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 81 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 5:27 AM – 8:01 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; 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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Millau reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°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)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10

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

How May really feels in Millau

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.

Millau weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 0°	72	10.8	3.4	9.1	0.7
Feb	8° / 0°	58	9.1	2.7	10.2	1.2
Mar	11° / 2°	59	9.7	1.5	11.6	2.9
Apr	14° / 5°	87	11.6	0.7	13.2	3.8
May	18° / 8°	81	11	0.1	14.5	5.4
Jun	22° / 12°	56	8.3	0	15.2	7.0
Jul	24° / 14°	44	6.3	0	15	7.8
Aug	24° / 13°	50	7.4	0	13.8	7.6
Sep	20° / 10°	78	7.5	0	12.3	6.8
Oct	16° / 8°	85	10.4	0.1	10.8	4.7
Nov	10° / 4°	82	10.8	0.6	9.4	2.2
Dec	7° / 1°	67	10.2	2.1	8.8	1.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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 (%)	36	35	35	36	36	35	36	36	36	38	38	38	39	40	41	42	42	43	44	46	46	45	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	64	65	65	64	64	65	64	64	64	62	62	62	61	60	59	58	58	57	56	54	54	55	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Millau gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 36% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	37
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	34
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

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 95% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	84
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	84	16

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	12	12	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	calm

	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	12	light breeze
24	12	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	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 5:47 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 7:43 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)	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)	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:14
Sunset (PM)	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	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	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	5:47	7:43
2	14.0	5:45	7:44
3	14.0	5:44	7:45
4	14.1	5:42	7:47
5	14.1	5:41	7:48
6	14.2	5:40	7:49
7	14.2	5:38	7:50
8	14.2	5:37	7:51
9	14.3	5:36	7:53
10	14.3	5:34	7:54
11	14.4	5:33	7:55
12	14.4	5:32	7:56
13	14.4	5:31	7:57
14	14.5	5:29	7:58
15	14.5	5:28	8:00
16	14.6	5:27	8:01
17	14.6	5:26	8:02
18	14.6	5:25	8:03
19	14.7	5:24	8:04
20	14.7	5:23	8:05
21	14.7	5:22	8:06
22	14.8	5:21	8:07
23	14.8	5:20	8:08
24	14.8	5:19	8:09
25	14.9	5:19	8:10
26	14.9	5:18	8:11
27	14.9	5:17	8:12
28	14.9	5:16	8:13
29	15.0	5:16	8:14
30	15.0	5:15	8:15
31	15.0	5:14	8:16

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.81 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Millau?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Millau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Millau in May

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

In May, Millau sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Millau 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 Millau 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	3	4	5	7	8	9	8	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	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Millau?

Millau sits at 44.1°N, 3.1°E, 378 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Rodez, 49 km away.

Topography around Millau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Millau has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 497 m around an average of 503 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 789 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,688 m.

The land around Millau is covered by trees (40%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

497 m

trees 40%

16 km

789 m

trees 50%

80 km

1,688 m

trees 56%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Rodez 49 km · Albi 77 km · Alès 80 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 84 km · Montpellier 84 km · Béziers 85 km · Castres 87 km · Lattes 89 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 Millau (44.0997°, 3.0785°, elevation 378 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	15	6
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	37
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	34
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	37
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	34
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	39
10	39
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	37
15	37
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	34
20	34
21	33
22	33
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	32
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	84	16