Climate · George Town

George Town in May

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in George Town is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.May in George Town is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
13h 02mon average

Is May a good time to visit George Town?


A good month, just outside George Town's best months, which run from January to April.

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 86°F in May, against 82°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in May, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in May, against 21% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in May, against 22% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

13h 02m in May, against 10h 59m to 13h 16m 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. April85°29°low 78°low 26°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May86°30°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June87°31°low 80°low 27°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where George Town sits, in May

America/Cayman

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:51 AMsets 6:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
19.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around George Town, 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. George Town is our one place in Cayman Islands so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of George Town. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.