Climate averages 1991–2020
Arona weather
in May.
A mild, very dry month: the 6th 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 mild month in Arona: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (59 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Arona, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Arona ranks joint 76th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Arona is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 5.1 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
Arona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 10 | 3.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 24.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 23 | 6.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 17.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 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
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in MaySpain · 59 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in MaySpain · 114 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in MaySpain · 124 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Telde in MaySpain · 124 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Laayoune in MayWestern Sahara · 360 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dakhla in MayWestern Sahara · 496 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Funchal in MayPortugal · 508 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in MayMorocco · 547 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 2.0 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 Arona) is explained once on the Arona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.