Climate averages 1991–2020
Catanzaro weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Catanzaro: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lamezia Terme (27 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Catanzaro, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catanzaro ranks joint 10th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 52nd of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Catanzaro is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 54 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
Catanzaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 100 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 99 | 12.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 101 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 80 | 11.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 8.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 52 | 8.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 11.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 95 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 12.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 103 | 12.5 | 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
- Lamezia Terme in MayItaly · 27 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MayItaly · 119 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Messina in MayItaly · 119 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Taranto in MayItaly · 184 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Catania in MayItaly · 204 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Lecce in MayItaly · 212 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Altamura in MayItaly · 216 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Brindisi in MayItaly · 226 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 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 Catanzaro) is explained once on the Catanzaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.