Climate averages 1991–2020
Salamanca, Spain weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Salamanca, Spain: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (110 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Salamanca, Spain, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Salamanca, Spain ranks 72nd of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 62nd of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Salamanca, Spain is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 23 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
Salamanca, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 44 | 8.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 35 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 41 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 51 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 47 | 9.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 5.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 27 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 62 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 52 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 9.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 48 | 7.4 | 9.39 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
- Valladolid in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Talavera de la Reina in MaySpain · 132 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Palencia in MaySpain · 150 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in MaySpain · 160 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in MaySpain · 167 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Móstoles in MaySpain · 168 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Fuenlabrada in MaySpain · 175 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Madrid in MaySpain · 176 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 10.2°C · 37 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 Salamanca) is explained once on the Salamanca, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.