Saint-Dizier weather in May

In May, Saint-Dizier sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 74 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 15 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 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Saint-Dizier's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Dizier's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
5:06 AM – 8:07 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.4 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Saint-Dizier 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 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1178
2178
3178
4178
5178
6178
7189
8189
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10189
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12189
13189
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How May really feels in Saint-Dizier

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Saint-Dizier 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9013.11.78.50.2
Feb / 7311.82.69.80.7
Mar11° / 7212.21.111.62.6
Apr15° / 6211.40.113.44.3
May19° / 7412.50155.6
Jun22° / 13°5810.5015.86.4
Jul24° / 15°6310.6015.56.8
Aug24° / 14°6410.6014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°679.9012.46.1
Oct15° / 7811.9010.54.2
Nov / 8413.40.991.7
Dec / 10714.82.78.10.4

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33268
43268
53268
63169
73367
83367
93367
103466
113466
123565
133664
143664
153664
163664
173763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Saint-Dizier gets around 74 mm of rain over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
643
743
843
942
1042
1142
1242
1342
1442
1541
1641
1740
1840
1939
2039
2139
2238
2338
2438
2538
2638
2739
2839
2939
3040
3140

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29640
39640
49550
59460
69460
79370
89280
99280
109190
119190
1290100
1390100
1489110
1589110
1688111
1787121
1887121
1986131
2085132
2184142
2284142
2382153
2481163
2579174
2678184
2776195
2875205
2973216
3072217
3170228

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612calm
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2012calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 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 5:29 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 8:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:297:46
214.35:277:47
314.45:267:49
414.45:247:50
514.55:227:52
614.55:217:53
714.65:197:54
814.65:177:56
914.75:167:57
1014.75:147:59
1114.85:138:00
1214.85:118:02
1314.95:108:03
1414.95:098:04
1515.05:078:06
1615.05:068:07
1715.15:058:08
1815.15:038:10
1915.15:028:11
2015.25:018:12
2115.25:008:14
2215.34:598:15
2315.34:578:16
2415.34:568:17
2515.44:558:18
2615.44:548:20
2715.54:538:21
2815.54:538:22
2915.54:528:23
3015.64:518:24
3115.64:508:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.4Bright
205.4Bright
215.4Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Saint-Dizier?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Saint-Dizier for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saint-Dizier in May

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

In May, Saint-Dizier sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Saint-Dizier 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 Saint-Dizier peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Dizier?

Saint-Dizier sits at 48.6°N, 4.9°E, 147 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Bar-le-Duc, 22 km away.

Topography around Saint-Dizier

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Dizier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m.

The land around Saint-Dizier is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (29%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
206 m
80 km
447 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bar-le-Duc 22 km · Vitry-le-François 28 km · Châlons-en-Champagne 55 km · Chaumont 60 km · Verdun 66 km · Toul 69 km · Troyes 74 km · Épernay 85 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
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

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 Saint-Dizier (48.6377°, 4.9489°, elevation 147 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).