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Fogo Island in May

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Fogo Island is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Fogo Island is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
15h 22mon average

Is May a good time to visit Fogo Island?

May sits outside Fogo Island's best months, which run from August. Expect chilly days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 45°F in May, against 31°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in May, against -1°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 41% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in May, against 53% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

15h 22m in May, against 8h 11m to 16h 15m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April39°4°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May45°7°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June54°12°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Fogo Island sits, in May

America/St Johns
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:23 AMsets 8:43 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Halifax907 km south-west

The land around Fogo Island, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Fogo Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fogo Island. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.