Climate averages 1991–2020
Larnaca weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Larnaca: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nicosia (37 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Larnaca, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Larnaca ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 27.1°C; Larnaca is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 2.9 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Larnaca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 40 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 33.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Nicosia in MayCyprus · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Limassol in MayCyprus · 60 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Silifke in MayTurkey · 164 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MaySyria · 206 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Beirut in MayLebanon · 206 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 208 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MayLebanon · 210 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 210 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Larnaca) is explained once on the Larnaca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.