Climate averages 1991–2020
Orlando weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Orlando: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alafaya (17 km away). In May its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Orlando, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Orlando ranks joint 32nd of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 180th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Orlando is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 154 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
Orlando climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 56 | 6.1 | 10.511 h |
| February | 22.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 6.4 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 54 | 6.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 30.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 69 | 9.1 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 154 | 19.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 31.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 153 | 22.4 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 165 | 23.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 142 | 18.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 66 | 9.8 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 50 | 5.5 | 10.410 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
- Alafaya in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Deltona in MayUnited States · 42 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Lakeland in MayUnited States · 79 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Daytona Beach in MayUnited States · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Melbourne, United States in MayUnited States · 91 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Palm Bay in MayUnited States · 96 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Brandon in MayUnited States · 111 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Spring Hill in MayUnited States · 112 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 73 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 Orlando) is explained once on the Orlando year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.