Climate averages 1991–2020
Cagliari weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Cagliari: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sassari (173 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Cagliari, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Cagliari ranks joint 8th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Cagliari is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 10 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
Cagliari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 37 | 6.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 13.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 39 | 7.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 46 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 48 | 8.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 33 | 5.6 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 10 | 2.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 8.1 | 1.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 4.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 43 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 9.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 14.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 54 | 8.6 | 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
- Sassari in MayItaly · 173 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Bizerte in MayTunisia · 227 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Sukrah in MayTunisia · 280 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 22 mm rain
- La Marsa in MayTunisia · 282 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Tunis in MayTunisia · 283 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Annaba in MayAlgeria · 285 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in MayTunisia · 289 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 24 mm rain
- El Mourouj in MayTunisia · 296 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 24 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 Cagliari) is explained once on the Cagliari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.