Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gijón: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (21 km away). In May its highs average 16.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Gijón, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks joint 89th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 88th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Gijón is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 78 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in MaySpain · 21 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Oviedo in MaySpain · 24 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 124 mm rain
- León, Spain in MaySpain · 104 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 150 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 164 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 193 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Burgos in MaySpain · 208 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MaySpain · 218 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.