Climate averages 1991–2020
Valladolid 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 Valladolid: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (43 km away). In May its highs average 19.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Valladolid, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Valladolid ranks 65th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 64th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Valladolid is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 30 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
Valladolid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 43 | 8.1 | 9.510 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 32 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 50 | 10.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 48 | 9.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 30 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Palencia in MaySpain · 43 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in MaySpain · 110 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Burgos in MaySpain · 114 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 64 mm rain
- León, Spain in MaySpain · 126 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in MaySpain · 148 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Alcobendas in MaySpain · 153 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 37 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in MaySpain · 153 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in MaySpain · 156 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.0°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 Valladolid) is explained once on the Valladolid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.