Climate averages 1991–2020
Gasteiz / Vitoria weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gasteiz / Vitoria: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logroño (46 km away). In May its highs average 19.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gasteiz / Vitoria, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gasteiz / Vitoria ranks joint 83rd of 93 for the warmest May highs and 78th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Gasteiz / Vitoria is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 55 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
Gasteiz / Vitoria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 76 | 12.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 67 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 71 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 80 | 14.3 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 71 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 32 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 71 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 70 | 12.0 | 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
- Logroño in MaySpain · 46 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Bilbao in MaySpain · 50 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MaySpain · 56 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Pamplona in MaySpain · 84 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Burgos in MaySpain · 101 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 115 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 178 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 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 Gasteiz / Vitoria) is explained once on the Gasteiz / Vitoria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.