Poitiers weather in May

In May, Poitiers sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 72 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

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

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Poitiers's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Poitiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 72 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 5:31 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Poitiers is commune in Vienne, France.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,041/km²; people per km²

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Poitiers reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 25°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

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

How May really feels in Poitiers

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.

Poitiers 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 3°	64	11.3	0.8	8.8	1.3
Feb	9° / 2°	51	9.6	0.8	10	1.9
Mar	13° / 4°	55	10.7	0.2	11.6	3.6
Apr	16° / 6°	63	11.7	0	13.3	4.6
May	19° / 10°	72	11.7	0	14.8	5.8
Jun	23° / 13°	59	9.5	0	15.6	6.7
Jul	25° / 15°	44	7.9	0	15.2	7.2
Aug	25° / 14°	49	7.6	0	14	7.2
Sep	22° / 12°	50	7.9	0	12.4	6.9
Oct	17° / 9°	72	11.5	0	10.7	5.2
Nov	12° / 5°	71	12.1	0.1	9.2	2.8
Dec	9° / 3°	71	11.3	0.4	8.4	1.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 67%. 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 (%)	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	37	36	36	37	37
Cloudier (%)	73	74	73	73	73	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	66	65	65	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	63	64	64	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Poitiers gets around 72 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36

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

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 85% 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 (%)	95	94	93	93	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	89	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	84	83	81	80	79	77	77	75	74	72	70	69
Comfortable (%)	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	87	12	1
14	87	12	1
15	87	12	1
16	87	12	1
17	87	12	1
18	86	13	1
19	85	13	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	15	2
22	81	16	3
23	80	17	3
24	79	18	3
25	77	19	4
26	77	19	4
27	75	20	5
28	74	21	5
29	72	22	6
30	70	23	7
31	69	24	7

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
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	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 8:36 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)	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17
Sunset (PM)	7:59	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.1	5:52	7:59
2	14.2	5:51	8:01
3	14.2	5:49	8:02
4	14.3	5:48	8:03
5	14.3	5:46	8:05
6	14.4	5:45	8:06
7	14.4	5:43	8:07
8	14.5	5:42	8:09
9	14.5	5:40	8:10
10	14.5	5:39	8:11
11	14.6	5:37	8:13
12	14.6	5:36	8:14
13	14.7	5:35	8:15
14	14.7	5:33	8:16
15	14.8	5:32	8:18
16	14.8	5:31	8:19
17	14.8	5:30	8:20
18	14.9	5:29	8:21
19	14.9	5:27	8:22
20	15.0	5:26	8:24
21	15.0	5:25	8:25
22	15.0	5:24	8:26
23	15.1	5:23	8:27
24	15.1	5:22	8:28
25	15.1	5:21	8:29
26	15.2	5:20	8:30
27	15.2	5:20	8:31
28	15.2	5:19	8:33
29	15.3	5:18	8:34
30	15.3	5:17	8:35
31	15.3	5:17	8:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Poitiers?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Poitiers for sightseeing.

What to pack for Poitiers in May

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

In May, Poitiers sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Poitiers 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 Poitiers peaks around July 20 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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	4	5	6	7	7	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	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Poitiers?

Poitiers sits at 46.6°N, 0.3°E, 118 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Châtellerault, 30 km away.

Topography around Poitiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Poitiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m.

The land around Poitiers is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

119 m

cropland 45%

80 km

495 m

cropland 51%

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

May weather nearby: Châtellerault 30 km · Niort 68 km · Bressuire 70 km · Saumur 82 km · Joué-lès-Tours 89 km · Fontenay-le-Comte 89 km · Saint-Avertin 92 km · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 94 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 Poitiers (46.5826°, 0.3435°, elevation 118 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	18	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	19	9
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	87	12	1
14	87	12	1
15	87	12	1
16	87	12	1
17	87	12	1
18	86	13	1
19	85	13	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	15	2
22	81	16	3
23	80	17	3
24	79	18	3
25	77	19	4
26	77	19	4
27	75	20	5
28	74	21	5
29	72	22	6
30	70	23	7
31	69	24	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	87	12	1
14	87	12	1
15	87	12	1
16	87	12	1
17	87	12	1
18	86	13	1
19	85	13	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	15	2
22	81	16	3
23	80	17	3
24	79	18	3
25	77	19	4
26	77	19	4
27	75	20	5
28	74	21	5
29	72	22	6
30	70	23	7
31	69	24	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	32	68
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	36	64
23	37	63
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	92	8	0
6	91	9	0
7	90	10	0
8	90	10	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	87	12	1
14	87	12	1
15	87	12	1
16	87	12	1
17	87	12	1
18	86	13	1
19	85	13	2
20	84	14	2
21	83	15	2
22	81	16	3
23	80	17	3
24	79	18	3
25	77	19	4
26	77	19	4
27	75	20	5
28	74	21	5
29	72	22	6
30	70	23	7
31	69	24	7