Athens Weather in May
Athens in May
The short of it: Athens in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 14 h 12 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 16° · rain 21 mm · daylight 14 h 12 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
May in Athens brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 16°, with about 21 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 26°; nights run about 16°. Rain is modest, about 21 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 12 min in mid-May, 64 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Athens runs about middling and about as wet in May. Výronas, 3 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Athens, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 12 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VýronasAttica | 3 km SE | 25° | 16° | 23 mm |
| TávrosAttica | 4 km WSW | 26° | 16° | 20 mm |
| ZográfosAttica | 4 km ESE | 25° | 16° | 23 mm |
| DhafníAttica | 4 km S | 25° | 16° | 20 mm |
| AigáleoAttica | 4 km W | 26° | 16° | 20 mm |
| KaisarianíAttica | 4 km SE | 25° | 16° | 23 mm |
| GalátsiAttica | 4 km NNE | 25° | 15° | 23 mm |
| Néa SmýrniAttica | 4 km SSW | 25° | 16° | 20 mm |