Climate averages 1991–2020
Mataró weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 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 mild month in Mataró: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Badalona (19 km away). In May its highs average 21.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mataró, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mataró ranks 71st of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 64th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Mataró is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 39 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
Mataró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 52 | 7.0 | 9.510 h |
| February | 12.9°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 47 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 55 | 8.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.514 h |
| June | 24.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 39 | 5.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 86 | 11.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 106 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 74 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 13.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 53 | 7.0 | 9.29 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
- Badalona in MaySpain · 19 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Sabadell in MaySpain · 28 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Barcelona in MaySpain · 29 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Rubí in MaySpain · 35 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Terrassa in MaySpain · 36 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in MaySpain · 41 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Manresa in MaySpain · 56 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Girona in MaySpain · 58 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 91 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 Mataró) is explained once on the Mataró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.