Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgos weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Burgos: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (77 km away). In May its highs average 19.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Burgos, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Burgos ranks joint 89th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 76th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Burgos is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 42 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
Burgos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 9.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 12.2 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 23 | 4.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 7.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 9.2 | 9.19 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
- Palencia in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MaySpain · 101 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Logroño in MaySpain · 104 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Valladolid in MaySpain · 114 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Bilbao in MaySpain · 120 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MaySpain · 121 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 125 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 mm rain
- León, Spain in MaySpain · 156 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 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 Burgos) is explained once on the Burgos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.