Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Faro: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In May its highs average 25.3°C, 4.6°C warmer than Faro, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 20.6°C; Faro is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 4.9 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
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
- Huelva in MaySpain · 92 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in MaySpain · 156 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in MaySpain · 164 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 30 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in MaySpain · 165 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in MaySpain · 172 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Sevilla in MaySpain · 178 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in MaySpain · 180 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Setúbal in MayPortugal · 188 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 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 Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.