Weather in Gent in May

General weather information about Gent

Average annual temperature is 12.0 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 31.9 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -5.2 °C

Number of sunny days: 125 days

Number of rainy days: 239 days

Number of snow days: 1 day

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* Weather data for Gent Belgium is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Gent air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	14.8	11.7	17.1	17.5	23.7	31.1	31.9	26.9	31.8	24.9	15.1	12.7
Average daytime temperature (°C)	7.7	8.8	10.6	12.5	17.8	25.4	22.7	21.9	23.5	17.2	10.3	9.0
Average temperature (°C)	5.5	5.5	7.4	8.6	13.2	20.0	18.5	17.9	18.6	13.7	7.9	6.9
Average night temperature (°C)	3.1	2.2	4.0	4.5	8.2	14.0	14.3	13.8	13.8	10.6	5.5	4.6
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-3.8	-4.0	-2.5	-1.2	3.3	9.8	11.5	10.5	9.2	3.2	-2.0	-5.2

Gent monthly weather indicators

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h)	9.0	10.0	12.0	14.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	8.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	8.5	10.0	11.9	13.8	15.6	16.5	16.0	14.5	12.6	10.7	8.9	8.0
Daylight minimum duration (h)	7.0	9.0	10.0	12.0	14.0	16.0	15.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	8.0	7.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	3.8	4.2	4.5	8.1	10.7	13.0	10.6	10.2	9.0	6.2	3.6	2.0
Precipitation (mm)	94	10	128	75	61	36	115	109	65	111	143	82
Sunny days	8	15	3	9	19	21	3	8	19	10	3	7
Rainy days	23	12	28	21	12	9	28	23	11	21	27	24
Snow days	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Gent - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Gent:

The best time to visit Gent during the most sunny months:

May — 10.7(h)
June — 13.0(h)
July — 10.6(h)
August — 10.2(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Gent:

May — 15.6(h)
June — 16.5(h)
July — 16.0(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Gent is at

March — 128(mm)

July — 115(mm)

August — 109(mm)

October — 111(mm)

November — 143(mm)

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