Climate averages 1991–2020
Girona weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Girona: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mataró (58 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Girona, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Girona ranks joint 45th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 86th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Girona is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 74 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
Girona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 60 | 7.5 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 73 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 91 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 91 | 11.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 74 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 68 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 103 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 114 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 76 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 60 | 6.9 | 9.29 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
- Mataró in MaySpain · 58 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Badalona in MaySpain · 76 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Sabadell in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Perpignan in MayFrance · 80 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Terrassa in MaySpain · 81 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Rubí in MaySpain · 85 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Barcelona in MaySpain · 86 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Manresa in MaySpain · 88 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 77 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 Girona) is explained once on the Girona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.