Madrid Weather in May
Madrid in May
The short of it: Madrid in May averages a high of 19 °C (66 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 129 mm (5.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 10° · rain 129 mm · daylight 12 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
May in Madrid brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 10°, with about 129 mm of rain over the month. Much like April: highs about 19°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 129 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 20 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Madrid runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Mosquera, 5 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Madrid, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 3 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MosqueraCundinamarca | 5 km SE | 19° | 10° | 113 mm |
| FunzaCundinamarca | 6 km ESE | 19° | 10° | 117 mm |
| El RosalCundinamarca | 13 km N | 19° | 9° | 110 mm |
| FacatativáCundinamarca | 13 km NW | 19° | 9° | 150 mm |
| SoachaCundinamarca | 18 km SSE | 19° | 10° | 127 mm |
| KennedyBogota D.C. | 18 km SE | 20° | 10° | 121 mm |
| CotaCundinamarca | 20 km ENE | 19° | 10° | 112 mm |
| AnolaimaCundinamarca | 22 km W | 25° | 17° | 210 mm |