Valence weather in May

In May, Valence sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°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 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 Valence's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valence's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 83 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 5:18 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.4 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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Valence reaches about 20°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 15°C and 26°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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

How May really feels in Valence

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.

Valence 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° / 1°	68	10.7	2.6	9	1.0
Feb	9° / 1°	55	9.1	2.5	10.1	1.8
Mar	13° / 4°	57	9.6	1.1	11.6	3.8
Apr	17° / 7°	80	10.8	0.4	13.2	5.1
May	20° / 11°	83	10.8	0.1	14.6	6.3
Jun	25° / 14°	60	8.6	0	15.3	7.1
Jul	28° / 16°	54	6.6	0	15.1	7.1
Aug	27° / 16°	53	6.7	0	13.9	7.1
Sep	23° / 13°	84	7.7	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	17° / 9°	97	10.5	0.1	10.7	5.4
Nov	11° / 5°	108	11.3	1.3	9.4	2.7
Dec	8° / 2°	67	11.1	2.2	8.7	1.3

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 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. 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 (%)	42	42	41	41	40	41	40	40	42	42	42	43	44	44	46	46	47	48	49	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51
Cloudier (%)	58	58	59	59	60	59	60	60	58	58	58	57	56	56	54	54	53	52	51	49	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Valence gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	34

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

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 88% 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 (%)	97	97	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	92	91	90	89	87	86	85	84	82	81	79	77	76	74	72	71
Comfortable (%)	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	20	21	22	24	25	26
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	96	4	0
4	96	4	0
5	95	5	0
6	95	5	0
7	95	5	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	93	7	0
13	93	7	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	10	0
19	89	11	0
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	14	1
23	84	15	1
24	82	17	1
25	81	18	1
26	79	20	1
27	77	21	2
28	76	22	2
29	74	24	2
30	72	25	3
31	71	26	3

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	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 5:38 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 8:11 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	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:04
Sunset (PM)	7:37	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:38	7:37
2	14.0	5:36	7:39
3	14.1	5:35	7:40
4	14.1	5:33	7:41
5	14.2	5:32	7:42
6	14.2	5:30	7:44
7	14.3	5:29	7:45
8	14.3	5:28	7:46
9	14.4	5:26	7:47
10	14.4	5:25	7:49
11	14.4	5:24	7:50
12	14.5	5:22	7:51
13	14.5	5:21	7:52
14	14.6	5:20	7:53
15	14.6	5:19	7:54
16	14.6	5:18	7:56
17	14.7	5:16	7:57
18	14.7	5:15	7:58
19	14.7	5:14	7:59
20	14.8	5:13	8:00
21	14.8	5:12	8:01
22	14.9	5:11	8:02
23	14.9	5:10	8:03
24	14.9	5:09	8:04
25	14.9	5:09	8:06
26	15.0	5:08	8:07
27	15.0	5:07	8:08
28	15.0	5:06	8:09
29	15.1	5:06	8:09
30	15.1	5:05	8:10
31	15.1	5:04	8:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.73 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	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	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 Valence?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Valence for sightseeing.

What to pack for Valence in May

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

In May, Valence sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Valence 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 Valence peaks around July 16 at about 8 (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	2	4	5	6	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Valence?

Valence sits at 44.9°N, 4.9°E, 126 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Bourg-lès-Valence, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Valence

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valence has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,697 m.

The land around Valence is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) within 3 km, cropland (35%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

80 m

artificial surfaces 51%

16 km

760 m

cropland 35%

80 km

2,697 m

trees 63%

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

May weather nearby: Bourg-lès-Valence 3.0 km · Romans-sur-Isère 18 km · Annonay 40 km · Montélimar 43 km · Vienne 67 km · Échirolles 68 km · Fontaine 68 km · Saint-Chamond 69 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 Valence (44.9256°, 4.9096°, elevation 126 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	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	96	4	0
4	96	4	0
5	95	5	0
6	95	5	0
7	95	5	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	93	7	0
13	93	7	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	10	0
19	89	11	0
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	14	1
23	84	15	1
24	82	17	1
25	81	18	1
26	79	20	1
27	77	21	2
28	76	22	2
29	74	24	2
30	72	25	3
31	71	26	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	96	4	0
4	96	4	0
5	95	5	0
6	95	5	0
7	95	5	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	93	7	0
13	93	7	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	10	0
19	89	11	0
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	14	1
23	84	15	1
24	82	17	1
25	81	18	1
26	79	20	1
27	77	21	2
28	76	22	2
29	74	24	2
30	72	25	3
31	71	26	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	41	59
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	42	58
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	51	49
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	51	49

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	97	3	0
2	97	3	0
3	96	4	0
4	96	4	0
5	95	5	0
6	95	5	0
7	95	5	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	93	7	0
13	93	7	0
14	93	7	0
15	92	8	0
16	92	8	0
17	91	9	0
18	90	10	0
19	89	11	0
20	87	12	1
21	86	13	1
22	85	14	1
23	84	15	1
24	82	17	1
25	81	18	1
26	79	20	1
27	77	21	2
28	76	22	2
29	74	24	2
30	72	25	3
31	71	26	3