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Vence in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Vence is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Vence is mild: highs near 19°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 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
14h 43mon average

Is May a good time to visit Vence?

A good month, just outside Vence's best months, which run from June to September.

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 51°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in May, against 11°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in May, against 18% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

51% cover in May, against 27% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

14h 43m in May, against 8h 58m to 15h 23m 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. April61°16°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May67°19°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June75°24°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Vence sits, in May

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:07 AMsets 8:48 PM
Above the sea
500 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nice13 km east

The land around Vence, 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 Vence

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vence. 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 (500 m) against the climate model's (328 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 (500 m) against the climate model's (328 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.