Climate averages 1991–2020
Ravenna weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ravenna: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Forlì (25 km away). In May its highs average 22.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ravenna, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ravenna ranks joint 27th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Ravenna is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 52 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
Ravenna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 8.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 58 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 13.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 53 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 62 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 59 | 8.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 52 | 6.7 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 48 | 6.5 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 6.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 74 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 74 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 81 | 10.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 66 | 9.6 | 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
- Forlì in MayItaly · 25 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Cesena in MayItaly · 31 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Rimini in MayItaly · 49 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 65 mm rain
- San Marino in MaySan Marino · 57 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Ferrara in MayItaly · 66 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Bologna in MayItaly · 69 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Pesaro in MayItaly · 80 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Florence in MayItaly · 104 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 Ravenna) is explained once on the Ravenna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.