Saint-Herblain weather in May

In May, Saint-Herblain sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14.8 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 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Saint-Herblain's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Herblain's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
5:37 AM – 8:29 PM
Cloud cover
66%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

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-Herblain reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Saint-Herblain

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-Herblain 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7011.58.71.7
Feb10° / 549.4102.1
Mar13° / 521011.63.4
Apr15° / 5510.313.34.6
May19° / 10°5810.414.85.8
Jun22° / 13°448.215.66.7
Jul24° / 15°407.115.37.4
Aug24° / 15°467.4147.4
Sep21° / 12°487.212.46.9
Oct17° / 10°7211.310.65.1
Nov12° / 7011.49.13.2
Dec10° / 7811.78.41.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
53070
63070
73070
83169
93268
103268
113367
123367
133466
143466
153565
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223961
234060
244060
254159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Saint-Herblain gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.4 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 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
339
438
538
637
736
836
935
1035
1134
1234
1334
1434
1533
1633
1733
1833
1932
2032
2132
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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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19280
29190
390100
490100
589110
689110
787121
887121
986131
1086131
1186131
1286131
1386131
1486131
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1884142
1984142
2083152
2182162
2281172
2380182
2478193
2577203
2676213
2774224
2872244
2971254
3069265
3168275

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 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 5:59 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 8:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:598:09
214.25:578:10
314.35:568:11
414.35:548:13
514.45:528:14
614.45:518:16
714.55:498:17
814.55:488:18
914.65:468:20
1014.65:458:21
1114.65:448:22
1214.75:428:24
1314.75:418:25
1414.85:398:26
1514.85:388:27
1614.95:378:29
1714.95:368:30
1814.95:358:31
1915.05:338:33
2015.05:328:34
2115.15:318:35
2215.15:308:36
2315.15:298:37
2415.25:288:38
2515.25:278:40
2615.25:268:41
2715.35:258:42
2815.35:248:43
2915.35:248:44
3015.45:238:45
3115.45:228:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Saint-Herblain?

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

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

What to pack for Saint-Herblain in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Saint-Herblain in May

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 37 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun17Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Saint-Herblain 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-Herblain peaks around August 10 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Herblain?

Saint-Herblain sits at 47.2°N, 1.7°W, 23 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Bouguenais, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Saint-Herblain

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Herblain has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Saint-Herblain is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), trees (35%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (32%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
165 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bouguenais 4.0 km · Couëron 6.0 km · Rezé 7.0 km · Orvault 7.0 km · Nantes 7.0 km · Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 11 km · La Chapelle-sur-Erdre 12 km · Vertou 14 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-Herblain (47.2115°, -1.651°, elevation 23 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).