Arezzo weather in May

In May, Arezzo sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Arezzo's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arezzo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:54 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Arezzo is human settlement in Italy.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.8 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Arezzo reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1189
2189
3189
4189
5189
6199
7199
81910
91910
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302212
312212

How May really feels in Arezzo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Arezzo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 709.42.79.10.8
Feb / 799.82.710.21.5
Mar12° / 8110.41.911.63.2
Apr15° / 9113.50.413.24.4
May20° / 10°7411.5014.56.1
Jun24° / 14°599.1015.27.2
Jul27° / 16°406.6014.97.4
Aug27° / 17°437.7013.87.1
Sep23° / 13°9410.2012.36.8
Oct17° / 11411.80.110.85.4
Nov12° / 12512.21.29.52.8
Dec / 9911.62.68.81.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44555
54753
64753
74753
84852
94852
104951
114951
124951
135050
145149
155149
165347
175347
185446
195446
205644
215743
225743
235743
245743
255842
265842
275941
285941
295941
305941
315941

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Arezzo gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
144
243
343
443
542
642
741
841
940
1039
1139
1238
1338
1437
1537
1637
1736
1836
1936
2035
2135
2235
2334
2434
2534
2634
2734
2834
2934
3034
3134

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39730
49730
59640
69640
79640
89550
99550
109460
119460
129370
139370
149280
159280
169190
1790100
1890100
1989110
2088120
2187130
2286140
2385150
2483170
2582180
2679201
2777221
2875241
2973261
3071281
3168302

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 4:41 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:137:06
213.95:117:08
314.05:107:09
414.05:097:10
514.15:077:11
614.15:067:12
714.15:057:13
814.25:037:15
914.25:027:16
1014.35:017:17
1114.35:007:18
1214.34:587:19
1314.44:577:20
1414.44:567:21
1514.54:557:23
1614.54:547:24
1714.54:537:25
1814.64:527:26
1914.64:517:27
2014.64:507:28
2114.74:497:29
2214.74:487:30
2314.74:477:31
2414.84:467:32
2514.84:457:33
2614.84:457:34
2714.94:447:35
2814.94:437:36
2914.94:427:37
3014.94:427:38
3115.04:417:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.6Bright
75.6Bright
85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.8Bright
115.8Bright
125.8Bright
135.9Bright
145.9Bright
155.9Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Intense
186.0Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.2Intense
236.2Intense
246.2Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Arezzo?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Arezzo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arezzo in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Arezzo sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Arezzo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arezzo peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arezzo?

Arezzo sits at 43.5°N, 11.9°E, 296 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Montevarchi, 26 km away.

Topography around Arezzo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arezzo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arezzo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 270 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,059 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,685 m.

The land around Arezzo is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
200 m
16 km
1,059 m
80 km
1,685 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Montevarchi 26 km · Città di Castello 29 km · San Giovanni Valdarno 31 km · Siena 47 km · Perugia 57 km · Poggibonsi 59 km · Campo di Marte 60 km · Colle di Val d'Elsa 61 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 69% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$43,309
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 513
Religion
Christian 81%unaffiliated 13%Muslim 5%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Arezzo (43.4628°, 11.8807°, elevation 296 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).