Climate averages 1991–2020

Novara weather
in May.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.0°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 11.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 162 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Novara · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Novara: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Busto Arsizio (25 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Novara, with 126 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Novara ranks joint 32nd of 79 for the warmest May highs and 79th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Novara is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 137 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Novara climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Novara, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.8°C-1.4°C-1.4°C718.39.19 h
February 9.2°C-0.7°C-0.7°C738.210.410 h
March 14.0°C3.0°C3.0°C949.911.912 h
April 17.7°C7.1°C7.1°C13813.613.513 h
May, selected 22.0°C11.6°C11.6°C16216.014.915 h
June 26.1°C15.7°C15.7°C13713.915.616 h
July 28.6°C18.1°C18.1°C9911.715.315 h
August 28.1°C18.1°C18.1°C12312.814.114 h
September 23.1°C14.0°C14.0°C15912.212.613 h
October 17.3°C9.5°C9.5°C16912.911.011 h
November 11.4°C4.2°C4.2°C18411.69.610 h
December 7.0°C-0.6°C-0.6°C798.08.89 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

Distance from Novara

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Novara) is explained once on the Novara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.