Climate averages 1991–2020
Reggio Calabria weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry 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 warm month in Reggio Calabria: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Messina (13 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Reggio Calabria, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Reggio Calabria ranks joint 15th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Reggio Calabria is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 14 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
Reggio Calabria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 72 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 12.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 46 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 15 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 50 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 71 | 8.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 74 | 10.1 | 9.610 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
- Messina in MayItaly · 13 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Catania in MayItaly · 86 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in MayItaly · 110 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Catanzaro in MayItaly · 119 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Siracusa in MayItaly · 120 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Ragusa in MayItaly · 156 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Gela in MayItaly · 170 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Palermo in MayItaly · 201 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 37 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 Reggio Calabria) is explained once on the Reggio Calabria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.