Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Granada: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vélez-Málaga (63 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Granada, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Granada ranks 23rd of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 66th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Granada is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 26 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
Granada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 58 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Vélez-Málaga in MaySpain · 63 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Jaén in MaySpain · 67 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 56 mm rain
- El Ejido in MaySpain · 84 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Málaga in MaySpain · 89 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MaySpain · 100 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Almería in MaySpain · 109 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Mijas in MaySpain · 113 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 37 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 Granada) is explained once on the Granada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.