Climate averages 1991–2020
Naples weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet 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 mild month in Naples: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Giugliano in Campania (10 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Naples, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Naples ranks joint 39th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 21st of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Naples is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 22 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
Naples climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 122 | 11.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 95 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 74 | 9.3 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 21.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 44 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 11 | 2.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 17 | 2.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 86 | 8.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 124 | 10.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 187 | 13.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | 13.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 154 | 13.4 | 9.39 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
- Giugliano in Campania in MayItaly · 10 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Torre del Greco in MayItaly · 11 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Pozzuoli in MayItaly · 15 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Caserta in MayItaly · 25 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Salerno in MayItaly · 48 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Foggia in MayItaly · 127 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Latina in MayItaly · 133 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Aprilia in MayItaly · 158 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 53 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 Naples) is explained once on the Naples year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Torre del Greco lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.