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Breckenridge in May

Cool and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Breckenridge is cool: highs near 53°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Breckenridge is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
53°F12°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
14h 20mon average

Is May a good time to visit Breckenridge?

May sits outside Breckenridge's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cool days and rain or snow 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 53°F in May, against 30°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in May, against -1°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in May, against 32% to 59% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in May, against 32% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

14h 20m in May, against 9h 26m to 14h 54m 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. April44°7°low 18°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May53°12°low 27°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June65°18°low 35°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Breckenridge sits, in May

America/Denver
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:51 AMsets 8:10 PM
Above the sea
2,926 mhigh country
Latitude
39.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Beaver Creek43 km west

The land around Breckenridge, 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 States in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Breckenridge. 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 (2,926 m) against the climate model's (3,335 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 (2,926 m) against the climate model's (3,335 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.