Climate averages 1991–2020
Lorca weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lorca: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (61 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Lorca, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lorca ranks 16th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 34th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Lorca is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 17 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
Lorca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 5.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 37 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 14.514 h |
| August | 31.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 37 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 35 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 9.610 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
- Murcia in MaySpain · 61 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in MaySpain · 64 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Orihuela in MaySpain · 81 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MaySpain · 96 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Elche in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Almería in MaySpain · 114 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Alicante in MaySpain · 131 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 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 Lorca) is explained once on the Lorca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.