Climate averages 1991–2020
Tampa weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Tampa: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 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 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Town 'n' Country (14 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tampa, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tampa ranks joint 34th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 169th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Tampa is 6.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 164 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
Tampa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 6.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 21.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 52 | 6.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 65 | 8.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 30.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 164 | 19.1 | 13.914 h |
| July | 30.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 172 | 23.4 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 178 | 24.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 137 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 4.1 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 5.4 | 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
- Town 'n' Country in MayUnited States · 14 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Brandon in MayUnited States · 17 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 65 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in MayUnited States · 29 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Largo in MayUnited States · 33 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Clearwater in MayUnited States · 34 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Lakeland in MayUnited States · 51 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Spring Hill in MayUnited States · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Orlando in MayUnited States · 124 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 69 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 Tampa) is explained once on the Tampa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Town 'n' Country lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.