Climate averages 1991–2020
Gela weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Gela: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (46 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, 2.5°C cooler than Gela, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Gela ranks joint 6th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Gela is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 5.0 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
Gela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 41 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.0 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 70 | 9.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 65 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Ragusa in MayItaly · 46 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Catania in MayItaly · 87 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Siracusa in MayItaly · 93 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Valletta in MayMalta · 133 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Palermo in MayItaly · 139 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Messina in MayItaly · 170 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MayItaly · 170 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Marsala in MayItaly · 179 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 19 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 Gela) is explained once on the Gela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.