Caen climate

Caen Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 7°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 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 Caen, in °C, with the record for each date.0102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 27, 2005
Reanalysis low
0°CMay 5, 1996
Daylight
14 h 38 min to 15 h 55 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
17.6 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 116°C7°C22°C 20052°C 201846%
May 216°C7°C23°C 19974°C 199846%
May 316°C7°C23°C 19953°C 199645%
May 416°C7°C25°C 19952°C 201644%
May 516°C7°C26°C 19950°C 199642%
May 616°C7°C25°C 19951°C 201942%
May 716°C7°C25°C 19953°C 199741%
May 816°C7°C23°C 20084°C 200538%
May 916°C7°C22°C 20084°C 199637%
May 1017°C7°C25°C 19982°C 200538%
May 1117°C7°C25°C 19983°C 199639%
May 1217°C8°C25°C 19983°C 201040%
May 1317°C8°C26°C 19922°C 201242%
May 1417°C8°C27°C 19921°C 201042%
May 1517°C8°C25°C 19983°C 199541%
May 1617°C8°C26°C 20023°C 201239%
May 1717°C8°C24°C 20023°C 200540%
May 1818°C8°C24°C 19922°C 200540%
May 1918°C8°C25°C 19924°C 199539%
May 2018°C8°C25°C 20204°C 199640%
May 2118°C8°C26°C 20205°C 201540%
May 2218°C9°C24°C 19925°C 201540%
May 2318°C9°C24°C 19924°C 200441%
May 2418°C9°C26°C 20104°C 200441%
May 2519°C9°C26°C 20124°C 201340%
May 2619°C9°C26°C 20174°C 201339%
May 2719°C9°C28°C 20054°C 201339%
May 2819°C9°C24°C 20015°C 201038%
May 2919°C9°C25°C 20035°C 201339%
May 3019°C9°C26°C 20035°C 199440%
May 3119°C10°C27°C 20034°C 199442%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

May 1
sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 9:18 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 9:57 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.