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Provence (Aix-en-Provence) in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Provence (Aix-en-Provence) is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two 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 Provence (Aix-en-Provence) is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two 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
74°F23°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
14h 42mon average

Is May a good time to visit Provence (Aix-en-Provence)?

Yes. May is one of Provence (Aix-en-Provence)'s best months (May, or September 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 74°F in May, against 53°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 12°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in May, against 10% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in May, against 23% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

14h 42m 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. April67°19°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May74°23°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June84°29°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Provence (Aix-en-Provence) sits, in May

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:14 AMsets 8:54 PM
Above the sea
200 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gordes47 km north-west

The land around Provence (Aix-en-Provence), 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 Provence (Aix-en-Provence)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Provence (Aix-en-Provence). 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.