Climate averages 1991–2020
Parma weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Parma: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Parma, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 53rd of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Parma is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 58 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
Parma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 56 | 7.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 69 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 86 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 58 | 7.7 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 52 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 100 | 10.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 73 | 8.6 | 8.99 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
- Reggio nell'Emilia in MayItaly · 27 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Carpi in MayItaly · 44 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Cremona in MayItaly · 44 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Modena in MayItaly · 50 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Piacenza in MayItaly · 57 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Brescia in MayItaly · 82 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Bologna in MayItaly · 87 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 76 mm rain
- La Spezia in MayItaly · 87 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 71 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 Parma) is explained once on the Parma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.