Climate averages 1991–2020

Guadalajara, Spain 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.

Average high 21.8°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 9.5°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 43 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Guadalajara · average highYear overview

May is a mild month in Guadalajara, Spain: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 25 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Alcalá de Henares (23 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Guadalajara, Spain, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Guadalajara, Spain ranks joint 50th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 57th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Guadalajara, Spain is level with that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 19 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Guadalajara, Spain climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Guadalajara, Spain, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.2°C0.7°C0.7°C437.59.610 h
February 11.2°C1.0°C1.0°C346.010.611 h
March 14.9°C3.3°C3.3°C417.211.912 h
April 17.3°C5.7°C5.7°C508.413.313 h
May, selected 21.8°C9.5°C9.5°C438.114.414 h
June 27.7°C14.3°C14.3°C194.015.015 h
July 31.8°C17.6°C17.6°C7.41.714.815 h
August 31.5°C17.4°C17.4°C9.32.113.814 h
September 26.0°C13.6°C13.6°C234.312.513 h
October 19.5°C9.2°C9.2°C608.011.211 h
November 13.0°C4.4°C4.4°C577.810.010 h
December 9.8°C1.5°C1.5°C447.29.39 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

Distance from Guadalajara

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Guadalajara) is explained once on the Guadalajara, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.