Climate averages 1991–2020
Albacete weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th 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 Albacete: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (129 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, 3.7°C warmer than Albacete, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Albacete ranks joint 34th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Albacete is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 21 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
Albacete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 28 | 5.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 39 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 21 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.59 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
- Orihuela in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Murcia in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Elche in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Torrent in MaySpain · 130 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in MaySpain · 138 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Alicante in MaySpain · 139 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Gandia in MaySpain · 145 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Lorca in MaySpain · 148 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°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 Albacete) is explained once on the Albacete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.