Climate averages 1991–2020
Vélez-Málaga weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 Vélez-Málaga: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 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 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (29 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Vélez-Málaga, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vélez-Málaga ranks joint 47th of 93 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Vélez-Málaga is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 8.7 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
Vélez-Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 6.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 7.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 72 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Málaga in MaySpain · 29 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Mijas in MaySpain · 52 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Granada in MaySpain · 63 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Marbella in MaySpain · 76 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Jaén in MaySpain · 113 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 56 mm rain
- El Ejido in MaySpain · 115 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Gibraltar in MayGibraltar · 132 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in MaySpain · 133 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 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 Vélez-Málaga) is explained once on the Vélez-Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.