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Witney in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Witney is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Witney is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
15h 38mon average

Is May a good time to visit Witney?

May sits outside Witney's best months, which run from July to September. Expect mild days and rain on about three 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 63°F in May, against 47°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in May, against 8°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in May, against 33% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in May, against 50% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

15h 38m in May, against 7h 52m to 16h 36m 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. April57°14°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May63°17°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June68°20°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Witney sits, in May

Europe/London
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:14 AMsets 8:50 PM
Above the sea
110 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cotswolds (Cheltenham)42 km west

The land around Witney, 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 United Kingdom in May

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

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