Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Mijas: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mijas, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 76th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Mijas is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 5.2 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
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 9.710 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
- Málaga in MaySpain · 24 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Marbella in MaySpain · 24 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in MaySpain · 52 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MayGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Algeciras in MaySpain · 89 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Fnidek in MayMorocco · 105 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Granada in MaySpain · 113 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Martil in MayMorocco · 123 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 39 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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.