Rome Weather in May
Rome in May
The short of it: Rome in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 14 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 13° · rain 45 mm · daylight 14 h 32 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Rome an average May high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 45 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 24°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 32 min in mid-May, 74 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Rome runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Esquilino, 1 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
May in Rome, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EsquilinoLazio | 1 km NNE | 24° | 13° | 45 mm |
| Casal BertoneLazio | 2 km ENE | 24° | 13° | 45 mm |
| TrastevereLazio | 4 km WSW | 24° | 13° | 42 mm |
| PratiLazio | 4 km WNW | 24° | 13° | 42 mm |
| Casal de' PazziLazio | 6 km NE | 25° | 13° | 46 mm |
| Giardinetti-Tor VergataLazio | 10 km ESE | 25° | 13° | 52 mm |
| CiampinoLazio | 13 km SE | 24° | 13° | 52 mm |
| SpinacetoLazio | 14 km SSW | 23° | 13° | 42 mm |