Pontarlier climate

Pontarlier Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 15°C on May 1 to 18°C on May 31, and lows from 5°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 mm over about 16 wet days.

May day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Pontarlier, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
16°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
121 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 25, 2009
Reanalysis low
-2°CMay 15, 1995
Daylight
14 h 25 min to 15 h 36 min
Cloud cover
70%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
13.3 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 115°C5°C22°C 20051°C 201653%
May 215°C6°C20°C 20052°C 199154%
May 315°C6°C21°C 19990°C 199155%
May 415°C6°C21°C 20030°C 199156%
May 515°C6°C23°C 2003-1°C 199156%
May 615°C6°C22°C 2018-1°C 200256%
May 715°C6°C23°C 20030°C 201956%
May 815°C6°C23°C 20110°C 199756%
May 915°C6°C23°C 20001°C 200454%
May 1016°C6°C23°C 19982°C 200553%
May 1116°C7°C25°C 19980°C 200553%
May 1216°C7°C24°C 19981°C 202053%
May 1316°C7°C24°C 19981°C 201953%
May 1416°C7°C25°C 19920°C 199554%
May 1516°C7°C24°C 1992-2°C 199556%
May 1616°C7°C23°C 20000°C 201254%
May 1716°C7°C24°C 2002-1°C 201253%
May 1817°C7°C21°C 2004-1°C 199152%
May 1917°C7°C21°C 20040°C 199151%
May 2017°C7°C24°C 20091°C 199550%
May 2117°C7°C24°C 20072°C 199550%
May 2217°C8°C24°C 20072°C 201548%
May 2317°C8°C25°C 20091°C 201348%
May 2418°C8°C26°C 20091°C 200450%
May 2518°C8°C28°C 20091°C 201350%
May 2618°C8°C25°C 20052°C 201350%
May 2718°C8°C26°C 20052°C 201351%
May 2818°C9°C26°C 20175°C 199152%
May 2918°C9°C26°C 20054°C 199652%
May 3018°C9°C24°C 20014°C 200653%
May 3118°C9°C23°C 19992°C 200654%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Pontarlier, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 8:45 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:45 AM, sunset 9:21 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.