Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontevedra weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Pontevedra: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vigo (23 km away). In May its highs average 18.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Pontevedra, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pontevedra ranks joint 74th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 89th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Pontevedra is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 57 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
Pontevedra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 197 | 14.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 141 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 137 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 114 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 57 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 48 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 199 | 13.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 204 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 198 | 14.5 | 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
- Vigo in MaySpain · 23 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MaySpain · 51 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Ourense in MaySpain · 65 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Braga in MayPortugal · 100 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 121 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 107 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Porto in MayPortugal · 143 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Aveiro in MayPortugal · 199 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 79 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 Pontevedra) is explained once on the Pontevedra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.