Climate averages 1991–2020
Setúbal weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 5th 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 warm month in Setúbal: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 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 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisbon (32 km away). In May its highs average 20.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Setúbal, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Setúbal ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 20.6°C; Setúbal is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 7.5 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
Setúbal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 63 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 7.5 | 1.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 70 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 8.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 77 | 9.1 | 9.510 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
- Lisbon in MayPortugal · 32 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Amadora in MayPortugal · 39 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Queluz in MayPortugal · 41 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Leiria in MayPortugal · 136 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Badajoz in MaySpain · 171 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Faro in MayPortugal · 188 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Coimbra in MayPortugal · 191 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Huelva in MaySpain · 221 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 29 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 Setúbal) is explained once on the Setúbal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.