Vancouver climate

Vancouver Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Vancouver, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 14°C on May 1 to 17°C on May 31, and lows from 8°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Vancouver, in °C, with the record for each date.051015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 27, 2005
Reanalysis low
4°CMay 6, 2002
Daylight
14 h 38 min to 15 h 57 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
7.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 114°C8°C23°C 19985°C 199643%
May 214°C8°C24°C 20165°C 199641%
May 314°C8°C19°C 20165°C 199940%
May 414°C8°C22°C 19924°C 199939%
May 514°C9°C24°C 20135°C 199938%
May 615°C9°C23°C 20134°C 200238%
May 715°C9°C20°C 20165°C 199938%
May 815°C9°C23°C 20205°C 199938%
May 915°C9°C23°C 20196°C 199938%
May 1015°C9°C25°C 20206°C 199936%
May 1115°C9°C25°C 19976°C 200835%
May 1216°C10°C28°C 19936°C 201134%
May 1316°C10°C24°C 20166°C 199935%
May 1416°C10°C26°C 20186°C 200936%
May 1516°C10°C24°C 20066°C 200336%
May 1616°C10°C23°C 20086°C 200337%
May 1716°C10°C24°C 20086°C 200337%
May 1816°C10°C23°C 19937°C 201138%
May 1916°C10°C21°C 19937°C 199938%
May 2016°C10°C21°C 20157°C 200939%
May 2116°C11°C21°C 20157°C 201039%
May 2216°C11°C23°C 20177°C 201039%
May 2316°C11°C23°C 20018°C 201039%
May 2417°C11°C25°C 19938°C 201039%
May 2517°C11°C23°C 19957°C 199840%
May 2617°C11°C27°C 20059°C 199841%
May 2717°C11°C28°C 20057°C 200939%
May 2817°C11°C25°C 20178°C 200138%
May 2917°C11°C22°C 20158°C 200137%
May 3017°C11°C24°C 20078°C 200838%
May 3117°C11°C23°C 19929°C 199638%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Vancouver, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PDT).

May 1
sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 8:29 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:12 AM, sunset 9:09 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.