Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Spain weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 León, Spain: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oviedo (87 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than León, Spain, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, León, Spain ranks 82nd 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; León, Spain is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 31 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
León, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 6.9 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 51 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 8.9 | 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
- Oviedo in MaySpain · 87 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Gijón in MaySpain · 104 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 108 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Avilés in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Valladolid in MaySpain · 126 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Burgos in MaySpain · 156 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 168 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 173 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 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 León) is explained once on the León, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.