Climate averages 1991–2020
Oviedo weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Oviedo: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (23 km away). In May its highs average 16.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Oviedo, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Oviedo ranks 91st of 93 for the warmest May highs and 93rd of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Oviedo is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 101 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
Oviedo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 104 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 90 | 12.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 99 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 117 | 16.5 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 124 | 17.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 101 | 14.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 85 | 14.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 90 | 14.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 84 | 13.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 109 | 13.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 122 | 15.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 12.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 102 | 13.5 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in MaySpain · 23 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Gijón in MaySpain · 24 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 109 mm rain
- León, Spain in MaySpain · 87 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 144 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Santander in MaySpain · 165 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 86 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 185 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Ourense in MaySpain · 200 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 206 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 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 Oviedo) is explained once on the Oviedo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.