Nigg weather in May

In May, Nigg sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nigg's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nigg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 12 min; 3:58 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 1st clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nigg reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How May really feels in Nigg

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.

Nigg weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 12th-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° / 5°	69	14.1	0.6	7.1	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	54	11.7	1.3	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 5°	53	11.7	1.1	11.4	0.8
Apr	8° / 6°	49	10.5	0.3	13.9	1.3
May	10° / 8°	45	10	0	16.2	2.1
Jun	12° / 10°	58	10.6	0	17.5	3.1
Jul	14° / 12°	57	11	0	17	3.9
Aug	15° / 13°	62	11.4	0	15	4.2
Sep	14° / 12°	63	11.3	0	12.5	3.7
Oct	12° / 10°	95	14.4	0	10	2.7
Nov	10° / 7°	93	15.3	0.3	7.8	1.8
Dec	8° / 5°	77	14.2	0.7	6.5	1.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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 (%)	40	40	39	40	40	39	39	38	39	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	60	60	61	60	60	61	61	62	61	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nigg gets around 45 mm of rain over 10 wet days in May, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	31
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	34
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
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 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 20 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:31 AM to 3:34 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 8:38 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)	15.1	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.1
Sunrise (AM)	4:31	4:29	4:26	4:24	4:22	4:19	4:17	4:15	4:13	4:11	4:08	4:06	4:04	4:02	4:00	3:58	3:56	3:54	3:52	3:51	3:49	3:47	3:45	3:44	3:42	3:41	3:39	3:38	3:36	3:35	3:34
Sunset (PM)	7:40	7:42	7:44	7:46	7:48	7:51	7:53	7:55	7:57	7:59	8:01	8:03	8:05	8:07	8:09	8:11	8:13	8:15	8:17	8:19	8:21	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:28	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:35	8:36	8:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.1	4:31	7:40
2	15.2	4:29	7:42
3	15.3	4:26	7:44
4	15.4	4:24	7:46
5	15.4	4:22	7:48
6	15.5	4:19	7:51
7	15.6	4:17	7:53
8	15.7	4:15	7:55
9	15.7	4:13	7:57
10	15.8	4:11	7:59
11	15.9	4:08	8:01
12	15.9	4:06	8:03
13	16.0	4:04	8:05
14	16.1	4:02	8:07
15	16.1	4:00	8:09
16	16.2	3:58	8:11
17	16.3	3:56	8:13
18	16.3	3:54	8:15
19	16.4	3:52	8:17
20	16.5	3:51	8:19
21	16.5	3:49	8:21
22	16.6	3:47	8:23
23	16.6	3:45	8:24
24	16.7	3:44	8:26
25	16.8	3:42	8:28
26	16.8	3:41	8:30
27	16.9	3:39	8:31
28	16.9	3:38	8:33
29	17.0	3:36	8:35
30	17.0	3:35	8:36
31	17.1	3:34	8:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.2 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)	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nigg?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nigg.

What to pack for Nigg in May

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

In May, Nigg sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 8°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Nigg in May

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°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)	7	7	6	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Nigg in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nigg peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Nigg?

Nigg sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 84 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Nigg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nigg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Nigg is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (22%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

264 m

water 50%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 36%

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

May weather nearby: Aberdeen 3.0 km · Peterhead 47 km · Arbroath 68 km · Dundee 90 km · Elgin 94 km · Saint Andrews 97 km · Perth 114 km · Glenrothes 122 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Nigg (57.116°, -2.0925°, elevation 84 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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	7
13	10	8
14	10	8
15	10	8
16	10	8
17	10	8
18	10	8
19	10	8
20	10	8
21	10	8
22	10	8
23	10	8
24	10	9
25	11	9
26	11	9
27	11	9
28	11	9
29	11	9
30	11	9
31	11	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	34	66

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

	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