Climate averages 1991–2020
Avilés weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Avilés: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gijón (21 km away). In May its highs average 17.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Avilés, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Avilés ranks 93rd of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 89th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Avilés is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 81 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
Avilés climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 116 | 14.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 97 | 12.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 104 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 117 | 15.1 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 16.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 114 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 18.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 81 | 12.3 | 15.415 h |
| July | 20.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 65 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 21.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 80 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 120 | 14.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 144 | 15.7 | 9.710 h |
| December | 12.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 118 | 13.7 | 9.09 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
- Gijón in MaySpain · 21 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Oviedo in MaySpain · 23 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 124 mm rain
- León, Spain in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 145 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 171 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 200 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 206 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Ourense in MaySpain · 208 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 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 Avilés) is explained once on the Avilés year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.