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Paris in May: every year compared

In May, Paris averages highs of 19.1 °C and lows of 9.9 °C, with 66 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2008 (16.5 °C), the coldest 1984 (10.5 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 19.1 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 9.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 66 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Paris.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Paris, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 10 of 86 (+1.2 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 15.8 °C · +1.2 °C vs normal · rank 10 of 86

Warmest years

1200816.5 °C
2198916.4 °C
3202216.4 °C
4194716.3 °C
5201116.2 °C

Coldest years

1198410.5 °C
2194111.0 °C
3198711.6 °C
4198311.7 °C
5196811.7 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	15.8 °C	21.2 °C	10.2 °C	33 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2024	15.1 °C	19.2 °C	11.2 °C	104 mm	0 days	0 cm	19 days
2023	15.0 °C	19.9 °C	10.0 °C	61 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
2022	16.4 °C	21.7 °C	10.6 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2021	12.6 °C	16.8 °C	8.2 °C	94 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
2020	15.5 °C	20.9 °C	9.3 °C	49 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2019	13.2 °C	17.5 °C	8.4 °C	81 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2018	16.0 °C	21.4 °C	10.6 °C	45 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2017	16.0 °C	20.8 °C	10.9 °C	52 mm	1 day	0 cm	11 days
2016	14.4 °C	18.6 °C	9.8 °C	170 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2015	14.1 °C	18.6 °C	9.3 °C	64 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2014	13.8 °C	18.1 °C	9.4 °C	100 mm	0 days	0 cm	18 days
2013	12.1 °C	15.6 °C	8.3 °C	87 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2012	15.4 °C	19.9 °C	10.7 °C	63 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2011	16.2 °C	21.9 °C	9.8 °C	4 mm	0 days	0 cm	1 day
2010	13.1 °C	17.5 °C	8.3 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2009	15.0 °C	19.6 °C	10.0 °C	64 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2008	16.5 °C	21.4 °C	11.6 °C	75 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2007	15.4 °C	19.7 °C	11.5 °C	80 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
2006	14.8 °C	19.0 °C	10.9 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2005	14.5 °C	19.0 °C	9.8 °C	51 mm	1 day	0 cm	7 days
2004	13.6 °C	18.3 °C	8.4 °C	40 mm	0 days	0 cm	6 days
2003	14.5 °C	19.0 °C	9.9 °C	80 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
2002	13.7 °C	18.1 °C	9.5 °C	65 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2001	15.6 °C	20.2 °C	10.9 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2000	15.4 °C	19.5 °C	11.4 °C	79 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1999	16.0 °C	20.2 °C	11.6 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1998	15.8 °C	20.7 °C	10.7 °C	18 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1997	14.3 °C	18.8 °C	9.4 °C	97 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1996	12.1 °C	15.9 °C	8.2 °C	77 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1995	14.0 °C	18.7 °C	8.8 °C	83 mm	0 days	1 cm	9 days
1994	14.1 °C	18.4 °C	9.8 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1993	14.7 °C	18.5 °C	10.9 °C	99 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1992	15.6 °C	20.9 °C	10.1 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1991	11.8 °C	15.7 °C	7.7 °C	23 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1990	16.1 °C	21.2 °C	10.8 °C	12 mm	0 days	0 cm	1 day
1989	16.4 °C	21.7 °C	10.8 °C	24 mm	0 days	0 cm	5 days
1988	14.5 °C	18.1 °C	10.9 °C	83 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1987	11.6 °C	15.5 °C	7.3 °C	62 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1986	13.8 °C	18.1 °C	9.6 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1985	13.4 °C	16.9 °C	9.9 °C	77 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1984	10.5 °C	13.7 °C	7.3 °C	125 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1983	11.7 °C	15.1 °C	8.5 °C	88 mm	0 days	0 cm	21 days
1982	13.9 °C	18.1 °C	9.6 °C	73 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1981	13.1 °C	16.5 °C	9.7 °C	126 mm	0 days	0 cm	19 days
1980	12.6 °C	16.9 °C	8.3 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1979	12.5 °C	16.6 °C	8.5 °C	88 mm	0 days	0 cm	18 days
1978	13.0 °C	16.6 °C	9.4 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1977	12.8 °C	16.7 °C	8.9 °C	83 mm	0 days	0 cm	20 days
1976	14.8 °C	19.9 °C	9.6 °C	19 mm	0 days	0 cm	6 days
1975	11.9 °C	15.6 °C	8.0 °C	95 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1974	12.7 °C	16.9 °C	7.9 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1973	13.7 °C	17.8 °C	9.3 °C	102 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1972	12.4 °C	16.1 °C	8.6 °C	73 mm	0 days	0 cm	22 days
1971	15.0 °C	19.3 °C	10.5 °C	105 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1970	13.9 °C	18.3 °C	9.3 °C	58 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1969	13.8 °C	18.3 °C	9.0 °C	76 mm	0 days	0 cm	18 days
1968	11.7 °C	15.3 °C	7.4 °C	81 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1967	12.9 °C	16.9 °C	8.6 °C	107 mm	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1966	13.6 °C	17.6 °C	9.3 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1965	13.6 °C	17.8 °C	9.3 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1964	15.7 °C	20.1 °C	10.6 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
1963	12.5 °C	16.6 °C	7.9 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1962	11.9 °C	15.8 °C	7.7 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1961	13.1 °C	17.3 °C	8.5 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1960	15.0 °C	19.8 °C	9.9 °C	44 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1959	15.0 °C	19.5 °C	10.4 °C	23 mm	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1958	14.4 °C	18.4 °C	10.5 °C	79 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1957	12.0 °C	16.1 °C	7.9 °C	30 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1956	14.6 °C	19.0 °C	9.7 °C	64 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
1955	12.6 °C	16.6 °C	8.1 °C	76 mm	0 days	0 cm	18 days
1954	13.3 °C	17.3 °C	8.9 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1953	15.4 °C	19.7 °C	10.7 °C	21 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1952	15.4 °C	19.6 °C	10.9 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1951	12.3 °C	15.7 °C	8.7 °C	131 mm	0 days	0 cm	21 days
1950	14.8 °C	18.7 °C	10.5 °C	60 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1949	12.5 °C	16.3 °C	8.1 °C	39 mm	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1948	14.7 °C	18.9 °C	10.2 °C	46 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1947	16.3 °C	20.9 °C	11.4 °C	25 mm	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1946	14.3 °C	18.5 °C	9.9 °C	88 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1945	14.8 °C	19.7 °C	10.2 °C	67 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1944	13.1 °C	19.0 °C	7.1 °C	51 mm	3 days	0 cm	7 days
1943	14.9 °C	19.7 °C	10.3 °C	68 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1942	13.7 °C	18.2 °C	9.0 °C	82 mm	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1941	11.0 °C	14.9 °C	6.8 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1940	15.1 °C	19.9 °C	10.2 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days

May records

Hottest day

33.4 °C

May 30, 2026 estimate

Nearby station: 34.8 °C on May 24, 1922 measured

Coldest night

0.5 °C

May 1, 1945 estimate

Nearby station: 0.2 °C on May 1, 1945 measured

Wettest day

35 mm

May 31, 2016 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Paris in May?

Highs average 19.1 °C and lows 9.9 °C. A typical May brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Paris in May?

About 66 mm falls in May, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 2016 (170 mm), the driest 2011 (4 mm).

What was the warmest May in Paris?

2008, with a mean temperature of 16.5 °C. The coldest was 1984 (10.5 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 10 of 86.