Climate averages 1991–2020
Bergamo weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bergamo: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monza (33 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bergamo, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bergamo ranks joint 71st of 79 for the warmest May highs and 77th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Bergamo is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 146 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
Bergamo 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-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 57 | 7.1 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.5°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 63 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 81 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 116 | 15.9 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 139 | 18.6 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 146 | 17.6 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 136 | 17.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 139 | 17.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 141 | 11.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 137 | 11.4 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.3°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 78 | 8.2 | 8.89 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
- Monza in MayItaly · 33 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in MayItaly · 38 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Milan in MayItaly · 45 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Brescia in MayItaly · 46 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Como in MayItaly · 47 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in MayItaly · 64 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Varese in MayItaly · 67 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Cremona in MayItaly · 68 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 93 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 Bergamo) is explained once on the Bergamo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.