Climate averages 1991–2020
Limassol weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 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 Limassol: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (60 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Limassol, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Limassol ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 3 cities is 27.1°C; Limassol is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 3.9 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
Limassol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 51 | 8.0 | 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
- Larnaca in MayCyprus · 60 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Nicosia in MayCyprus · 62 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Silifke in MayTurkey · 205 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Alanya in MayTurkey · 227 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Beirut in MayLebanon · 243 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Sidon in MayLebanon · 249 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 249 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Tyre in MayLebanon · 253 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 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 Limassol) is explained once on the Limassol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.