Climate averages 1991–2020
Ourense 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 Ourense: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 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 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (65 km away). In May its highs average 19.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ourense, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Ourense ranks joint 69th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 79th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Ourense is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 43 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
Ourense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 12.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 77 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 84 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 84 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 72 | 11.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 5.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 114 | 12.3 | 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
- Pontevedra in MaySpain · 65 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Vigo in MaySpain · 72 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 79 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MaySpain · 82 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Braga in MayPortugal · 99 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 121 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 123 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Porto in MayPortugal · 146 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Viseu in MayPortugal · 186 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 98 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 Ourense) is explained once on the Ourense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.