Climate averages 1991–2020
Sassari weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sassari: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cagliari (173 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Sassari, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Sassari ranks joint 60th of 79 for the warmest May highs and 23rd of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Sassari is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 22 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
Sassari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 12.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.7 | 9.39 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
- Cagliari in MayItaly · 173 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Fiumicino in MayItaly · 329 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in MayItaly · 336 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Antibes in MayFrance · 339 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Cannes in MayFrance · 339 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Toulon in MayFrance · 344 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Livorno in MayItaly · 346 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Monaco in MayMonaco · 348 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 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 Sassari) is explained once on the Sassari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.