Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th 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 Orihuela: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (20 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks 4th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Orihuela is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 9.8 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
Orihuela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 4.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 30 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 37 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 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 · 20 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Torrevieja in MaySpain · 26 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Elche in MaySpain · 29 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Alicante in MaySpain · 50 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in MaySpain · 54 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Lorca in MaySpain · 81 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Benidorm in MaySpain · 87 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Gandia in MaySpain · 118 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 36 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 Orihuela) is explained once on the Orihuela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.