Climate averages 1991–2020
Córdoba, Spain weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 warm month in Córdoba, Spain: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaén (87 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 2.9°C cooler than Córdoba, Spain, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Córdoba, Spain ranks joint 1st of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 37th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Córdoba, Spain is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 12 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
Córdoba, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 53 | 7.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 16.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 46 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 19.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 37 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 35.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 28 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 74 | 7.1 | 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
- Jaén in MaySpain · 87 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Alcalá de Guadaira in MaySpain · 112 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Sevilla in MaySpain · 120 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in MaySpain · 122 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Granada in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Málaga in MaySpain · 134 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MaySpain · 137 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ciudad Real in MaySpain · 142 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.0°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 Córdoba) is explained once on the Córdoba, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.