Climate averages 1991–2020
Pamplona weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Pamplona: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donostia / San Sebastián (61 km away). In May its highs average 18.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Pamplona, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pamplona ranks 80th of 93 for the warmest May highs and 77th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Pamplona is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 49 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
Pamplona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 26 | 5.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 75 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 82 | 12.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 10.6 | 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
- Donostia / San Sebastián in MaySpain · 61 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Logroño in MaySpain · 77 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in MaySpain · 84 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Bilbao in MaySpain · 115 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Pau in MayFrance · 118 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Barakaldo in MaySpain · 122 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Zaragoza in MaySpain · 144 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Burgos in MaySpain · 177 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 64 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 Pamplona) is explained once on the Pamplona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.