Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Lecce: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lecce, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks 5th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Lecce is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 18 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
Lecce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 58 | 8.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 52 | 8.0 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 36 | 5.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 16 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 59 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 92 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 13.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 74 | 9.2 | 9.49 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
- Brindisi in MayItaly · 37 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Taranto in MayItaly · 79 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Vlorë in MayAlbania · 112 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Bari in MayItaly · 139 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Altamura in MayItaly · 147 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Durrës in MayAlbania · 152 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 176 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 182 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 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 Lecce) is explained once on the Lecce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.