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Quebec City in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Quebec City is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Quebec City is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 6 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
15h 02mon average

Is May a good time to visit Quebec City?

May sits outside Quebec City's best months, which run from June to September. Expect mild 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 66°F in May, against 24°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in May, against -4°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in May, against 36% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in May, against 47% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

15h 02m in May, against 8h 36m to 15h 48m 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. April49°9°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May66°19°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June75°24°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Quebec City sits, in May

America/Toronto
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:11 AMsets 8:11 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
North Hatley181 km south

The land around Quebec City, 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 Quebec City

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Quebec City. 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.