Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsala weather
in May.
A warm, fairly 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 Marsala: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palermo (89 km away). In May its highs average 22.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Marsala, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Marsala ranks joint 29th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Marsala is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 5.1 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
Marsala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 64 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 51 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 74 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 76 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 10.8 | 9.610 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
- Palermo in MayItaly · 89 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Gela in MayItaly · 179 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Nabeul in MayTunisia · 212 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 15 mm rain
- La Marsa in MayTunisia · 213 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sukrah in MayTunisia · 219 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Hammamet in MayTunisia · 224 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Ragusa in MayItaly · 224 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Tunis in MayTunisia · 229 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.0°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 Marsala) is explained once on the Marsala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.