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Biarritz in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Biarritz is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Biarritz is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 58 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
14h 41mon average

Is May a good time to visit Biarritz?

A good month, just outside Biarritz's best months, which run from July to October.

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 68°F in May, against 56°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in May, against 13°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in May, against 37% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in May, against 35% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

14h 41m in May, against 9h 00m to 15h 22m 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. April64°18°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May68°20°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Biarritz sits, in May

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:42 AMsets 9:22 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bordeaux170 km north-east

The land around Biarritz, 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 France in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 5 km north-east of Biarritz. 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.