Madrid Weather in May
Madrid in May
The short of it: Madrid in May averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 25 °C (77 °F), with 270 mm (10.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 25° · rain 270 mm · daylight 12 h 33 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Madrid an average May high of 33°, a low of 25° and some 270 mm of rain. No month in Madrid runs warmer: highs about 33°. Wet spells are common — about 270 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 33 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Madrid runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Parang, 3 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
May in Madrid, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 46 mm less rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h