Victoria weather in May

In May, Victoria sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 139 mm of rain across 17.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Victoria's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Victoria's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
27°
10th coldest
Rainfall
139 mm
17.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:21 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Victoria is capital city of the Seychelles.

Density
1,138/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical May day in Victoria reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Victoria

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 11 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
11
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Victoria weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°22620.912.24.8
Feb28° / 26°12012.712.25.7
Mar28° / 27°10815.1125.5
Apr28° / 27°10716.811.95.0
May28° / 27°13917.311.85.2
Jun27° / 26°8313.611.75.8
Jul26° / 25°521111.86.3
Aug26° / 25°6312.611.86.2
Sep26° / 25°11915.7125.7
Oct27° / 26°12115.612.15.9
Nov27° / 26°1441712.25.5
Dec27° / 26°20322.812.34.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
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45842
55941
65941
75941
85941
95941
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155842
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185743
195743
205644
215545
225347
235248
245149
255050
264852
274852
284753
294654
304555
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Victoria gets around 139 mm of rain over 17.3 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 56% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
161
261
360
459
558
657
756
855
954
1054
1154
1253
1353
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1654
1754
1855
1955
2056
2156
2257
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2756
2856
2955
3055
3154

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
105149
205248
305248
405248
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605248
705347
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905347
1005446
1105446
1205545
1305545
1405644
1505644
1605644
1705743
1805743
1905743
2005842
2115841
2215940
2316039
2416138
2516336
2616435
2716534
2816732
2916831
3017029
3127127

Wind in May

Winds average 19 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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616light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of May to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:206:11
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.3Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
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315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Victoria

In seasonPeak

None of Victoria's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Victoria sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Victoria?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Victoria for sightseeing.

What to pack for Victoria in May

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

In May, Victoria sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Victoria in May

The nearest coast averages about 29°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 April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct28Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Victoria in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Victoria peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Victoria?

Victoria sits at 4.6°S, 55.5°E, 4 m above sea level, in Seychelles. The nearest listed city is Beau Vallon, 3.0 km away.

Beau VallonTakamaka

Topography around Victoria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Victoria has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 858 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 928 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m.

The land around Victoria is covered by trees (54%) and water (28%) within 3 km, water (82%) within 16 km, and water (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
858 m
16 km
928 m
80 km
887 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Beau Vallon 3.0 km · Takamaka 17 km · Antsiranana 1,091 km · Iharan̈a 1,140 km · Ambilobe 1,185 km · Antsohimbondrona 1,188 km · Sambava 1,219 km · Ambarakaraka 1,224 km

Seychelles travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$19,449
2025
Safe drinking water
65%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 76%Protestant 11%other Christian 2%Hindu 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 Victoria (-4.62°, 55.455°, elevation 4 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).