Climate averages 1991–2020
Vigo weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th 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 Vigo: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (23 km away). In May its highs average 19.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Vigo, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks 81st of 93 for the warmest May highs and 92nd of 93 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 93 cities is 21.8°C; Vigo is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 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
Vigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 221 | 14.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 149 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 158 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 152 | 13.4 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 49 | 6.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 214 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 235 | 15.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 224 | 15.0 | 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
- Pontevedra in MaySpain · 23 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Ourense in MaySpain · 72 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in MaySpain · 73 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Braga in MayPortugal · 80 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Porto in MayPortugal · 121 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Lugo in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 mm rain
- A Coruña in MaySpain · 129 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Aveiro in MayPortugal · 177 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 Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.