May Temperatures in the United Kingdom

Average temperatures for May at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum daily temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Across the UK, May temperatures average a daily high of 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F).

Southern England

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
62	45	Birmingham	17	7
61	44	Bristol	16	7
61	49	Dover	16	9
58	49	Isles of Scilly	15	10
65	48	London, Greenwich	19	9
65	47	London, Kew Gardens	18	8
61	46	Norwich	16	8
61	45	Nottingham	16	7
61	48	Plymouth	16	9
64	49	Southampton	18	9
61	44	Stoke-on-Trent	16	7
60	49	Weymouth	16	9
61	47	Worthing	16	8

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
61	45	Ambleside, Windermere Lake	16	7
57	44	Berwick-upon-Tweed	14	7
60	45	Dumfries	16	7
62	46	Hull	17	8
61	47	Liverpool	16	8
61	45	Manchester	16	7
60	43	Middlesbrough	15	6
59	45	Newcastle upon Tyne	15	7
59	45	Prestwick	15	7
58	40	Rochester, Northumberland Park	14	5
62	46	Sheffield	16	8

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
63	47	Cardiff	17	8
61	46	Harlech	16	8
62	44	Llandrindod Wells	16	6
60	46	Rhyl	16	8
59	49	Swansea	15	9

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
57	43	Aberdeen	14	6
59	43	Dundee	15	6
59	45	Edinburgh	15	7
61	45	Glasgow	16	7
59	43	Inverness	15	6
54	42	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	12	6
51	42	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	11	6
55	43	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	13	6
56	45	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	13	7

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
61	45	Armagh	16	7
60	45	Belfast	16	7
60	43	Castlederg	16	6
60	45	Londonderry	15	7
60	47	Warrenpoint	16	8