Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarragona weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tarragona: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reus (12 km away). In May its highs average 23.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Tarragona, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks joint 47th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Tarragona is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 20 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
Tarragona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 6.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 42 | 6.0 | 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
- Reus in MaySpain · 12 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in MaySpain · 71 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Lleida in MaySpain · 76 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Rubí in MaySpain · 78 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Terrassa in MaySpain · 81 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Barcelona in MaySpain · 82 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Manresa in MaySpain · 83 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Sabadell in MaySpain · 86 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 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 Tarragona) is explained once on the Tarragona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.