Climate averages 1991–2020
Madrid weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th 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 Madrid: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chamartín (6 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Madrid, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Madrid ranks 44th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 37th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Madrid is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 15 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
Madrid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 32 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 39 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 44 | 7.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 37 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 15 | 3.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.3 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.1 | 2.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 20 | 3.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 53 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 43 | 6.8 | 9.39 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
- Chamartín in MaySpain · 6 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in MaySpain · 10 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Coslada in MaySpain · 12 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Getafe in MaySpain · 13 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Alcobendas in MaySpain · 15 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Fuenlabrada in MaySpain · 17 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 41 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in MaySpain · 17 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in MaySpain · 17 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.4°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 Madrid) is explained once on the Madrid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Chamartín, Alcobendas and Las Rozas de Madrid lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.