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Kenmare in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kenmare is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Kenmare is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 55% of days
Daylight
15h 39mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kenmare?

May sits outside Kenmare's best months, which run from July to September. Expect mild days and rain on about four 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 62°F in May, against 51°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against 11°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

55% of days in May, against 46% to 59% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in May, against 58% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

15h 39m in May, against 7h 51m to 16h 37m 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. April58°14°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May62°17°low 46°low 8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June67°19°low 51°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Kenmare sits, in May

Europe/Dublin
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:46 AMsets 9:23 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Adare (Limerick)108 km north-east

The land around Kenmare, 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 Ireland in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kenmare. 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 (221 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 (221 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.