Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferrara weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ferrara: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bologna (44 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Ferrara, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ferrara ranks 4th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 44th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Ferrara is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 67 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
Ferrara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 41 | 6.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 54 | 7.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 10.4 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 67 | 9.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 75 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 57 | 8.0 | 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
- Bologna in MayItaly · 44 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Modena in MayItaly · 59 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Carpi in MayItaly · 59 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Ravenna in MayItaly · 66 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Padua in MayItaly · 67 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Forlì in MayItaly · 76 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Vicenza in MayItaly · 79 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in MayItaly · 80 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 84 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 Ferrara) is explained once on the Ferrara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.