Weather in St. John's in May

General weather information about St. John's

Average annual temperature is 6.2 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 28.6 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -15.3 °C

Number of sunny days: 118 days

Number of rainy days: 198 days

Number of snow days: 49 days

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* Weather data for St. John's Canada is based on climate observations for 2026 year

St. John's air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)12.45.25.010.416.726.528.623.124.618.812.911.1
Average daytime temperature (°C)2.9-1.80.13.89.212.321.318.617.812.45.33.5
Average temperature (°C)0.4-4.8-1.61.25.69.118.116.214.69.83.01.2
Average night temperature (°C)-2.0-7.9-3.3-1.02.66.715.414.112.17.80.9-1.5
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)-10.8-15.3-11.9-6.7-0.32.810.512.06.21.3-3.3-7.2

St. John's monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)9.010.012.014.015.015.015.014.013.011.09.08.0
Daylight mean duration (h)8.910.311.913.615.115.915.514.212.610.99.38.5
Daylight minimum duration (h)8.09.011.012.014.015.015.013.011.010.08.08.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)2.44.64.55.87.74.97.76.86.14.22.42.6
Precipitation (mm)23117110962173135841737714410271
Sunny days95981481210913912
Rainy days12139181722192121181612
Snow days101013400000057

Best time to visit St. John's:

The best time to visit St. John's during the most sunny months:

  • May — 7.7(h)
  • July — 7.7(h)
  • August — 6.8(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in St. John's:

  • June — 15.9(h)
  • July — 15.5(h)

The largest precipitation sum in St. John's is at

  • January — 231(mm)
  • February — 171(mm)
  • May — 173(mm)
  • August — 173(mm)