Climate averages 1991–2020
Lugo weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lugo: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ourense (79 km away). In May its highs average 20.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Lugo, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lugo ranks 92nd of 93 for the warmest May highs and 80th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Lugo is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 48 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
Lugo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 107 | 13.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 81 | 10.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 86 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 17.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 12.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 25 | 4.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 109 | 12.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 119 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 115 | 12.8 | 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
- Ourense in MaySpain · 79 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 79 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MaySpain · 82 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Pontevedra in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Vigo in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Oviedo in MaySpain · 144 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Avilés in MaySpain · 145 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Gijón in MaySpain · 164 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 109 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 Lugo) is explained once on the Lugo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.