Climate averages 1991–2020
Alessandria weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Alessandria: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asti (32 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Alessandria, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Alessandria ranks joint 41st of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 54th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Alessandria is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 68 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
Alessandria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 57 | 6.7 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 56 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 13.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 61 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 79 | 9.9 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 83 | 11.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 68 | 9.7 | 15.516 h |
| July | 29.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 52 | 8.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 66 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 86 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 99 | 9.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 118 | 9.8 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 66 | 7.4 | 8.99 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
- Asti in MayItaly · 32 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Novara in MayItaly · 60 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Genoa in MayItaly · 62 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Turin in MayItaly · 75 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Milan in MayItaly · 77 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in MayItaly · 80 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in MayItaly · 86 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Piacenza in MayItaly · 87 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 92 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 Alessandria) is explained once on the Alessandria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.