Saint-Pierre weather in May

In May, Saint-Pierre sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 102 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Saint-Pierre's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint-Pierre's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 102 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 5:16 AM – 8:06 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 4th clearest
Wind: 25 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.2; out of 10

Saint-Pierre is commune in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.

Density: 248/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1670

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 4°C in the first days to 7°C by the end.

A typical May day in Saint-Pierre reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How May really feels in Saint-Pierre

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 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

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Saint-Pierre weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -3°	141	17.6	15.1	8.8	0.0
Feb	0° / -4°	122	15.2	12.9	10	0.0
Mar	1° / -2°	124	13.8	9.6	11.6	0.0
Apr	3° / 1°	109	13.2	4.6	13.3	0.0
May	5° / 4°	102	11.4	0.5	14.8	0.2
Jun	9° / 8°	104	11.3	0	15.6	1.8
Jul	14° / 13°	109	11.8	0	15.3	3.8
Aug	17° / 16°	99	11.2	0	14	5.2
Sep	15° / 13°	125	11	0	12.4	4.4
Oct	11° / 9°	141	12.6	0.1	10.6	2.5
Nov	7° / 4°	143	15.6	2.4	9.2	0.8
Dec	4° / 0°	151	17.9	10	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	38	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	38	38	39	38	38	38	38	37
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	62	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	62	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	62	62	61	62	62	62	62	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Saint-Pierre gets around 102 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39
Snow chance (%)	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	40	5
4	40	5
5	39	4
6	39	4
7	38	3
8	38	3
9	37	3
10	37	3
11	37	2
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	36	2
15	36	2
16	36	2
17	36	2
18	36	1
19	36	1
20	36	1
21	36	1
22	36	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	1
26	37	0
27	37	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	0
31	39	0

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 25 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 27 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)	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	27	breezy
2	27	breezy
3	27	breezy
4	27	breezy
5	27	breezy
6	26	breezy
7	26	breezy
8	26	breezy
9	26	breezy
10	26	breezy
11	26	breezy
12	26	breezy
13	26	breezy
14	26	breezy
15	26	breezy
16	25	breezy
17	25	breezy
18	25	breezy
19	25	breezy
20	25	breezy
21	25	breezy
22	25	breezy
23	25	breezy
24	25	breezy
25	25	breezy
26	25	breezy
27	25	breezy
28	24	breezy
29	24	breezy
30	24	breezy
31	24	breezy

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 5:38 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 8:22 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	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:03	5:02
Sunset (PM)	7:46	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.1	5:38	7:46
2	14.2	5:36	7:47
3	14.2	5:35	7:49
4	14.3	5:33	7:50
5	14.3	5:32	7:51
6	14.4	5:30	7:53
7	14.4	5:29	7:54
8	14.5	5:27	7:55
9	14.5	5:26	7:57
10	14.6	5:24	7:58
11	14.6	5:23	7:59
12	14.6	5:22	8:00
13	14.7	5:20	8:02
14	14.7	5:19	8:03
15	14.8	5:18	8:04
16	14.8	5:16	8:06
17	14.9	5:15	8:07
18	14.9	5:14	8:08
19	14.9	5:13	8:09
20	15.0	5:12	8:10
21	15.0	5:11	8:12
22	15.1	5:10	8:13
23	15.1	5:09	8:14
24	15.1	5:08	8:15
25	15.2	5:07	8:16
26	15.2	5:06	8:17
27	15.2	5:05	8:18
28	15.3	5:04	8:19
29	15.3	5:03	8:20
30	15.3	5:03	8:21
31	15.3	5:02	8:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.45 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	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	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	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Saint-Pierre?

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

0.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saint-Pierre.

What to pack for Saint-Pierre in May

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

In May, Saint-Pierre sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Saint-Pierre in May

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 1°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	2	1	1	2	4	7	12	16	14	10	7	4
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	2	Bracing
Feb	1	Bracing
Mar	1	Bracing
Apr	2	Bracing
May	4	Bracing
Jun	7	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	4	Bracing

UV index in Saint-Pierre 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 Saint-Pierre peaks around June 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Saint-Pierre?

Saint-Pierre sits at 46.8°N, 56.2°W, 30 m above sea level, in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The nearest listed city is Conception Bay South, 253 km away.

Topography around Saint-Pierre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint-Pierre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m.

The land around Saint-Pierre is covered by grassland (39%) and water (38%) within 3 km, water (88%) within 16 km, and water (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

200 m

grassland 39%

16 km

200 m

water 88%

80 km

276 m

water 85%

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

May weather nearby: Conception Bay South 253 km · Paradise 263 km · Mount Pearl 270 km · Corner Brook 275 km · St. John's 276 km · Glace Bay 296 km · Sydney 315 km · New Glasgow 515 km

Saint Pierre and Miquelon travel facts

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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-Pierre (46.7791°, -56.1773°, elevation 30 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	40	5
4	40	5
5	39	4
6	39	4
7	38	3
8	38	3
9	37	3
10	37	3
11	37	2
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	36	2
15	36	2
16	36	2
17	36	2
18	36	1
19	36	1
20	36	1
21	36	1
22	36	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	1
26	37	0
27	37	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	0
31	39	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	40	5
4	40	5
5	39	4
6	39	4
7	38	3
8	38	3
9	37	3
10	37	3
11	37	2
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	36	2
15	36	2
16	36	2
17	36	2
18	36	1
19	36	1
20	36	1
21	36	1
22	36	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	1
26	37	0
27	37	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	0
31	39	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	37	63
12	38	62
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	38	62
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	40	5
4	40	5
5	39	4
6	39	4
7	38	3
8	38	3
9	37	3
10	37	3
11	37	2
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	36	2
15	36	2
16	36	2
17	36	2
18	36	1
19	36	1
20	36	1
21	36	1
22	36	1
23	36	1
24	36	1
25	37	1
26	37	0
27	37	0
28	38	0
29	38	0
30	39	0
31	39	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100