Climate averages 1991–2020
Perugia weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Perugia: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arezzo (57 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Perugia, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Perugia ranks 75th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 38th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Perugia is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 49 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
Perugia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 69 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 31 | 4.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 104 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 83 | 10.5 | 9.19 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
- Arezzo in MayItaly · 57 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Terni in MayItaly · 64 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 83 mm rain
- San Marino in MaySan Marino · 92 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Pesaro in MayItaly · 98 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Ancona in MayItaly · 106 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Rimini in MayItaly · 106 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Cesena in MayItaly · 115 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Florence in MayItaly · 118 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 72 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 Perugia) is explained once on the Perugia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.