May Temperatures in British Columbia

Average temperatures for May at cities and towns throughout British Columbia are given below.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

The tables list the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
65	46	Abbotsford	18	8
66	47	Chilliwack	19	8
62	48	Gibsons	17	9
62	45	Powell River	16	7
62	48	Vancouver - Richmond	17	9
62	39	Whistler	16	4

Gulf Islands

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
63	49	Cortes Island, Whaletown	17	9
62	44	Gabriola Island	17	7
63	45	Mayne Island, Village Bay	17	7
63	48	Saltspring Island	17	9

Vancouver Island

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
63	43	Campbell River	17	6
62	46	Courtenay - Comox	17	8
64	45	Duncan	18	7
65	43	Gold River	18	6
64	45	Nanaimo	18	7
64	43	Port Alberni	18	6
57	43	Port Hardy	14	6
59	44	Port Renfrew	15	7
62	45	Sidney	17	7
58	44	Tofino	15	6
64	47	Victoria	18	8

Central British Columbia

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
54	32	Barkerville	12	0
65	43	Bella Coola	18	6
71	46	Kamloops	21	8
69	45	Kelowna	21	7
70	47	Lillooet	21	8
70	44	Penticton	21	7
69	45	Vernon	20	7
68	38	Williams Lake	20	3

Southeast BC

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
68	44	Castlegar	20	6
64	40	Cranbrook	18	5
65	39	Golden	18	4
67	43	Revelstoke	20	6
61	36	Sparwood	16	2

Northern British Columbia

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
55	34	Atlin	13	1
62	37	Fort Nelson	16	3
60	39	Fort St John	15	4
64	40	Prince George	18	4
55	42	Prince Rupert	13	5
54	44	Sandspit, Haida Gwaii	12	6
61	37	Smithers	16	3

Average May Temperatures in British Columbia