Climate averages 1991–2020

Santa Rosa, United States 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.

Average high 23.6°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 10.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 28 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santa Rosa · average highYear overview

May is a warm month in Santa Rosa, United States: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Napa (41 km away). In May its highs average 24.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Santa Rosa, United States, with 20 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Santa Rosa, United States ranks joint 248th of 498 for the warmest May highs and 124th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Santa Rosa, United States is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 7.0 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Santa Rosa, United States climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santa Rosa, United States, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.4°C4.2°C4.2°C14510.39.810 h
February 15.7°C5.0°C5.0°C1499.510.711 h
March 17.5°C6.3°C6.3°C1129.511.912 h
April 19.8°C7.8°C7.8°C495.613.213 h
May, selected 23.6°C10.6°C10.6°C283.614.214 h
June 27.8°C13.1°C13.1°C7.01.214.815 h
July 29.6°C14.1°C14.1°C0.40.114.615 h
August 29.5°C14.3°C14.3°C1.10.213.714 h
September 28.4°C13.6°C13.6°C3.10.612.512 h
October 24.4°C11.2°C11.2°C343.211.211 h
November 18.0°C7.0°C7.0°C756.210.110 h
December 14.0°C4.2°C4.2°C15010.29.510 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

Distance from Santa Rosa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santa Rosa) is explained once on the Santa Rosa, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.