Climate averages 1991–2020
Volos weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th 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 Volos: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lárisa (54 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Volos, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Volos ranks joint 9th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 24.6°C; Volos is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 19 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
Volos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 11.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 85 | 10.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 19 | 3.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 26 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 24 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 63 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 12.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 11.6 | 9.59 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
- Lárisa in MayGreece · 54 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in MayGreece · 141 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Évosmos in MayGreece · 145 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Acharnés in MayGreece · 158 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Pátra in MayGreece · 163 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Khalándrion in MayGreece · 167 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Athens in MayGreece · 168 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Piraeus in MayGreece · 170 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 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 Volos) is explained once on the Volos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.