Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in May.
A mild, fairly 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 Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, 4.3°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 50th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Cartagena, Spain is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 4.5 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 9.610 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
- Murcia in MaySpain · 45 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MaySpain · 50 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Orihuela in MaySpain · 54 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Lorca in MaySpain · 64 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Elche in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Alicante in MaySpain · 94 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Benidorm in MaySpain · 128 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Almería in MaySpain · 156 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.