Climate averages 1991–2020
Elche weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th 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 Elche: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alicante (21 km away). In May its highs average 22.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Elche, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Elche ranks 13th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Elche is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 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
Elche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 24 | 4.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 16.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 18.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 24 | 4.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 36 | 5.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 31 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 22 | 4.2 | 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
- Alicante in MaySpain · 21 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Orihuela in MaySpain · 29 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MaySpain · 32 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Murcia in MaySpain · 48 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Benidorm in MaySpain · 58 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Gandia in MaySpain · 90 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Lorca in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 35 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 Elche) is explained once on the Elche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.