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Sonora Island in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Sonora Island is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Sonora Island is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
15h 27mon average

Is May a good time to visit Sonora Island?

May sits outside Sonora Island's best months, which run from July to August. 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 67°F in May, against 42°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in May, against 6°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in May, against 29% to 68% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in May, against 49% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

15h 27m in May, against 8h 05m to 16h 21m 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. April56°13°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May67°19°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June73°23°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sonora Island sits, in May

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:34 AMsets 8:59 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Desolation Sound40 km east

The land around Sonora 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 Sonora Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sonora 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (199 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (199 m). 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.