Galway climate

Galway Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Galway, 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 18°C on May 31, and lows from 6°C to 9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 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 Galway, 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
16°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Reanalysis high
27°CMay 31, 1997
Reanalysis low
0°CMay 4, 1996
Daylight
15 h 03 min to 16 h 36 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
18.7 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°C6°C20°C 19972°C 200155%
May 214°C6°C22°C 19971°C 199353%
May 314°C6°C22°C 20070°C 199652%
May 414°C6°C22°C 20070°C 199652%
May 514°C6°C21°C 19951°C 201951%
May 615°C6°C22°C 19952°C 199750%
May 715°C6°C23°C 20003°C 201548%
May 815°C6°C23°C 20003°C 201248%
May 915°C6°C22°C 20003°C 200548%
May 1015°C6°C23°C 20000°C 200549%
May 1115°C6°C21°C 20062°C 202050%
May 1215°C6°C23°C 20081°C 202051%
May 1315°C7°C22°C 20161°C 199550%
May 1415°C7°C21°C 19981°C 202051%
May 1515°C7°C21°C 19982°C 201251%
May 1615°C7°C21°C 19982°C 201251%
May 1715°C7°C23°C 19982°C 199550%
May 1816°C7°C25°C 19980°C 199650%
May 1916°C7°C25°C 19982°C 199451%
May 2016°C7°C24°C 19984°C 199651%
May 2116°C7°C21°C 19914°C 200652%
May 2216°C8°C25°C 20104°C 200453%
May 2316°C8°C24°C 20104°C 200653%
May 2417°C8°C24°C 20124°C 199753%
May 2517°C8°C26°C 20125°C 199754%
May 2617°C8°C25°C 20174°C 200053%
May 2717°C8°C24°C 20124°C 201053%
May 2817°C8°C25°C 20184°C 200753%
May 2917°C8°C26°C 20183°C 200754%
May 3017°C9°C25°C 19974°C 201554%
May 3118°C9°C27°C 19975°C 201553%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

May 1
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 9:05 PM
May 31
sunrise 5:16 AM, sunset 9:52 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.