Trenton weather in May
In May, Trenton sees average daytime highs of 72°F and overnight lows near 54°F, with 3.5 in of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.
Highs climb over the month, from about 68°F in the first days to 76°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.
Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Trenton's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Trenton's year-round climate.
- Daytime high
- 72°
- 5th warmest
- Overnight low
- 54°
- 8th coldest
- Rainfall
- 3.5 in
- 11.4 wet days
- Daylight
- 14 h 12 min
- 4:49 AM – 7:02 PM
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- 12th clearest
- Wind
- 7 mph
- 8th windiest
- Solar energy
- 5.62 kWh/m²
- Travel score
- 6.4
- out of 10
Trenton is capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and seat of Mercer County.
- Density
- 4,218/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1719
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Temperature in May
Highs climb over the month, from about 68°F in the first days to 76°F by the end.
A typical May day in Trenton reaches about 72°F in the afternoon and slips back to 54°F overnight — a 18°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 60°F and 84°F. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°F warmer than April and about 9°F cooler than June.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°F) | 67 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 77 |
| Avg low (°F) | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 59 |
| Avg high (°F) | Avg low (°F) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | 49 |
| 2 | 68 | 50 |
| 3 | 68 | 50 |
| 4 | 68 | 50 |
| 5 | 69 | 51 |
| 6 | 69 | 51 |
| 7 | 69 | 51 |
| 8 | 69 | 51 |
| 9 | 70 | 52 |
| 10 | 70 | 52 |
| 11 | 70 | 52 |
| 12 | 71 | 53 |
| 13 | 71 | 53 |
| 14 | 71 | 53 |
| 15 | 71 | 53 |
| 16 | 72 | 54 |
| 17 | 72 | 54 |
| 18 | 72 | 54 |
| 19 | 73 | 55 |
| 20 | 73 | 55 |
| 21 | 73 | 55 |
| 22 | 74 | 56 |
| 23 | 74 | 56 |
| 24 | 75 | 56 |
| 25 | 75 | 57 |
| 26 | 75 | 57 |
| 27 | 76 | 58 |
| 28 | 76 | 58 |
| 29 | 76 | 58 |
| 30 | 77 | 58 |
| 31 | 77 | 59 |
How May really feels in Trenton
Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.
May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.
Trenton weather by month
How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.
| Month | High / Low (°F) | Rainfall (inches) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40° / 27° | 3.3 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 43° / 28° | 3.0 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 10.4 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 51° / 35° | 4.2 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 11.7 | 2.5 |
| Apr | 63° / 45° | 3.6 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 13 | 5.2 |
| May | 72° / 54° | 3.5 | 11.4 | 0 | 14.2 | 6.4 |
| Jun | 81° / 63° | 4.0 | 10.8 | 0 | 14.8 | 6.0 |
| Jul | 86° / 69° | 4.2 | 11.3 | 0 | 14.6 | 4.9 |
| Aug | 84° / 67° | 4.0 | 10.4 | 0 | 13.6 | 5.6 |
| Sep | 77° / 60° | 4.0 | 9.2 | 0 | 12.3 | 6.9 |
| Oct | 65° / 49° | 3.6 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 6.2 |
| Nov | 54° / 39° | 2.9 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 45° / 31° | 4.0 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 9.2 | 1.0 |
Cloud cover in May
The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.
Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 42 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| Cloudier (%) | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | 58 |
| 2 | 43 | 57 |
| 3 | 43 | 57 |
| 4 | 43 | 57 |
| 5 | 44 | 56 |
| 6 | 44 | 56 |
| 7 | 43 | 57 |
| 8 | 44 | 56 |
| 9 | 43 | 57 |
| 10 | 44 | 56 |
| 11 | 43 | 57 |
| 12 | 43 | 57 |
| 13 | 43 | 57 |
| 14 | 43 | 57 |
| 15 | 43 | 57 |
| 16 | 43 | 57 |
| 17 | 43 | 57 |
| 18 | 43 | 57 |
| 19 | 43 | 57 |
| 20 | 43 | 57 |
| 21 | 43 | 57 |
| 22 | 43 | 57 |
| 23 | 43 | 57 |
| 24 | 42 | 58 |
| 25 | 42 | 58 |
| 26 | 43 | 57 |
| 27 | 44 | 56 |
| 28 | 44 | 56 |
| 29 | 43 | 57 |
| 30 | 43 | 57 |
| 31 | 43 | 57 |
Chance of precipitation in May
Trenton gets around 3.5 in of rain 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 rain averages around 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain chance (%) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 36 |
| Rain chance (%) | |
|---|---|
| 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 35 |
| 4 | 35 |
| 5 | 35 |
| 6 | 35 |
| 7 | 36 |
| 8 | 36 |
| 9 | 36 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 11 | 36 |
| 12 | 36 |
| 13 | 36 |
| 14 | 36 |
| 15 | 36 |
| 16 | 37 |
| 17 | 37 |
| 18 | 37 |
| 19 | 37 |
| 20 | 37 |
| 21 | 37 |
| 22 | 37 |
| 23 | 37 |
| 24 | 37 |
| 25 | 37 |
| 26 | 37 |
| 27 | 37 |
| 28 | 37 |
| 29 | 37 |
| 30 | 37 |
| 31 | 36 |
Humidity in May
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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 86 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 46 |
| Comfortable (%) | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Humid (%) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 85 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 84 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 82 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 80 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 79 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 79 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 78 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 77 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 77 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 75 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | 75 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | 73 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | 72 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | 71 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | 69 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | 67 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | 66 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | 64 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | 62 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | 60 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | 58 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | 57 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | 55 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | 54 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| 27 | 51 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 |
| 28 | 50 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1 |
| 29 | 49 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 1 |
| 30 | 48 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| 31 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
Wind in May
Winds average 7 mph in May.
Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (mph) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 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 (mph) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | calm |
| 2 | 7 | calm |
| 3 | 7 | calm |
| 4 | 7 | calm |
| 5 | 7 | calm |
| 6 | 7 | calm |
| 7 | 7 | calm |
| 8 | 7 | calm |
| 9 | 7 | calm |
| 10 | 7 | calm |
| 11 | 7 | calm |
| 12 | 7 | calm |
| 13 | 7 | calm |
| 14 | 7 | calm |
| 15 | 7 | calm |
| 16 | 7 | calm |
| 17 | 7 | calm |
| 18 | 7 | calm |
| 19 | 7 | calm |
| 20 | 7 | calm |
| 21 | 7 | calm |
| 22 | 6 | calm |
| 23 | 6 | calm |
| 24 | 6 | calm |
| 25 | 6 | calm |
| 26 | 6 | calm |
| 27 | 6 | calm |
| 28 | 6 | calm |
| 29 | 6 | calm |
| 30 | 6 | calm |
| 31 | 6 | calm |
Sunrise & sunset in May
Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.
Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:06 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:15 PM.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:06 | 5:04 | 5:03 | 5:02 | 5:01 | 4:59 | 4:58 | 4:57 | 4:56 | 4:55 | 4:54 | 4:53 | 4:52 | 4:51 | 4:50 | 4:49 | 4:48 | 4:47 | 4:46 | 4:45 | 4:44 | 4:43 | 4:43 | 4:42 | 4:41 | 4:41 | 4:40 | 4:39 | 4:39 | 4:38 | 4:38 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:47 | 6:48 | 6:49 | 6:50 | 6:51 | 6:52 | 6:53 | 6:54 | 6:55 | 6:56 | 6:57 | 6:58 | 6:59 | 7:00 | 7:01 | 7:02 | 7:03 | 7:04 | 7:05 | 7:06 | 7:07 | 7:07 | 7:08 | 7:09 | 7:10 | 7:11 | 7:12 | 7:13 | 7:13 | 7:14 | 7:15 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.7 | 5:06 | 6:47 |
| 2 | 13.7 | 5:04 | 6:48 |
| 3 | 13.8 | 5:03 | 6:49 |
| 4 | 13.8 | 5:02 | 6:50 |
| 5 | 13.8 | 5:01 | 6:51 |
| 6 | 13.9 | 4:59 | 6:52 |
| 7 | 13.9 | 4:58 | 6:53 |
| 8 | 13.9 | 4:57 | 6:54 |
| 9 | 14.0 | 4:56 | 6:55 |
| 10 | 14.0 | 4:55 | 6:56 |
| 11 | 14.1 | 4:54 | 6:57 |
| 12 | 14.1 | 4:53 | 6:58 |
| 13 | 14.1 | 4:52 | 6:59 |
| 14 | 14.2 | 4:51 | 7:00 |
| 15 | 14.2 | 4:50 | 7:01 |
| 16 | 14.2 | 4:49 | 7:02 |
| 17 | 14.3 | 4:48 | 7:03 |
| 18 | 14.3 | 4:47 | 7:04 |
| 19 | 14.3 | 4:46 | 7:05 |
| 20 | 14.3 | 4:45 | 7:06 |
| 21 | 14.4 | 4:44 | 7:07 |
| 22 | 14.4 | 4:43 | 7:07 |
| 23 | 14.4 | 4:43 | 7:08 |
| 24 | 14.5 | 4:42 | 7:09 |
| 25 | 14.5 | 4:41 | 7:10 |
| 26 | 14.5 | 4:41 | 7:11 |
| 27 | 14.5 | 4:40 | 7:12 |
| 28 | 14.6 | 4:39 | 7:13 |
| 29 | 14.6 | 4:39 | 7:13 |
| 30 | 14.6 | 4:38 | 7:14 |
| 31 | 14.6 | 4:38 | 7:15 |
Solar energy in May
Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.62 kWh/m².
For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.
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| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 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 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 2 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 3 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 4 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 5 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 6 | 5.4 | Bright |
| 7 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 8 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 9 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 10 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 11 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 12 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 13 | 5.5 | Bright |
| 14 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 15 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 16 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 17 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 18 | 5.6 | Bright |
| 19 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 20 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 21 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 22 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 23 | 5.7 | Bright |
| 24 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 25 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 26 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 27 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 28 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 29 | 5.8 | Bright |
| 30 | 5.9 | Bright |
| 31 | 5.9 | Bright |
Hazard calendar for Trenton
None of Trenton's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.
Trenton sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.
Is May a good time to visit Trenton?
Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).
May is a reasonable time to visit Trenton for sightseeing.
What to pack for Trenton in May
From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.
In May, Trenton sees daytime highs around 72°F and nights near 54°F. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.
UV index in Trenton in May
Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Trenton peaks around July 11 at about 8 (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 8 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Level | Low | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Very high | Very high | High | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | Low |
| Feb | 3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 5 | Moderate |
| Apr | 6 | High |
| May | 8 | Very high |
| Jun | 8 | Very high |
| Jul | 8 | Very high |
| Aug | 6 | High |
| Sep | 6 | High |
| Oct | 3 | Moderate |
| Nov | 2 | Moderate |
| Dec | 1 | Low |
Air quality in Trenton in May
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.
Air quality in Trenton is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Level | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good | Good |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Good |
| Feb | 13 | Moderate |
| Mar | 14 | Moderate |
| Apr | 14 | Moderate |
| May | 16 | Moderate |
| Jun | 17 | Moderate |
| Jul | 18 | Moderate |
| Aug | 15 | Moderate |
| Sep | 13 | Moderate |
| Oct | 10 | Good |
| Nov | 9 | Good |
| Dec | 10 | Good |
Where is Trenton?
Trenton sits at 40.2°N, 74.7°W, 56 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Mercerville-Hamilton Square, 3.7 mi away.
Topography around Trenton
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Trenton.
Within 2 miles, the terrain around Trenton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 ft around an average of 59 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,535 ft.
The land around Trenton is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (32%) within 2 miles, trees (56%) within 10 miles, and trees (62%) within 50 miles.
United States travel facts
- Power plugs
- Type A / B
- 120 V · 60 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 100% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $90,027
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.8 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 98%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 5.8
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 12.7
- 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 Trenton (40.2171°, -74.7429°, elevation 56 ft), 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). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).