Climate averages 1991–2020
Castelló de la Plana weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Castelló de la Plana: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valencia, Spain (64 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 2.4°C warmer than Castelló de la Plana, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Castelló de la Plana ranks joint 54th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 22nd of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Castelló de la Plana is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 19 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
Castelló de la Plana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 36 | 4.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 37 | 5.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 32 | 4.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 19 | 3.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 45 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 50 | 6.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 5.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 14.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 34 | 5.0 | 9.49 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
- Valencia, Spain in MaySpain · 64 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Torrent in MaySpain · 71 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Gandia in MaySpain · 114 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Benidorm in MaySpain · 161 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Reus in MaySpain · 163 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Tarragona in MaySpain · 167 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Alicante in MaySpain · 186 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Lleida in MaySpain · 190 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 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 Castelló de la Plana) is explained once on the Castelló de la Plana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.