Novara weather in May

In May, Novara sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 162 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Novara's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
162 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:01 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover
60%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10
Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Novara reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312415

How May really feels in Novara

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.

Novara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°718.33.58.90.9
Feb / 728.12.710.11.9
Mar14° / 959.91.611.64.1
Apr17° / 13813.70.313.25.1
May22° / 13°16216014.75.7
Jun26° / 16°13713.9015.46.2
Jul28° / 18°9911.7015.16.2
Aug27° / 18°12312.8013.96.2
Sep23° / 14°15912.2012.36.4
Oct17° / 10°16912.90.110.74.9
Nov11° / 18411.60.99.32.6
Dec / 7982.88.61.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
33961
44060
53961
64060
74159
84159
94159
104357
114258
124357
134456
144456
154555
164654
174753
184951
195050
205149
215248
225248
235248
245347
255347
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275347
285347
295347
305347
315347

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Novara gets around 162 mm of rain over 16 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 52% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
156
256
357
457
557
657
756
856
956
1055
1155
1254
1353
1453
1552
1652
1751
1850
1950
2049
2148
2248
2347
2447
2547
2647
2747
2847
2948
3048
3149

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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19460
29370
39190
490100
589110
688120
786140
885150
984160
1083170
1182180
1281190
1379210
1478220
1577230
1675241
1773261
1872271
1971281
2068302
2167312
2265323
2363334
2461345
2559356
2656377
2754388
28513910
29494011
30474112
31454114

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
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226calm
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246calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:227:24
214.15:207:25
314.15:197:26
414.25:177:27
514.25:167:29
614.35:147:30
714.35:137:31
814.45:117:33
914.45:107:34
1014.45:097:35
1114.55:077:36
1214.55:067:37
1314.65:057:39
1414.65:047:40
1514.65:027:41
1614.75:017:42
1714.75:007:43
1814.84:597:45
1914.84:587:46
2014.84:577:47
2114.94:567:48
2214.94:557:49
2314.94:547:50
2415.04:537:51
2515.04:527:52
2615.04:517:53
2715.14:507:54
2815.14:507:55
2915.14:497:56
3015.24:487:57
3115.24:487:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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25.0Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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115.4Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
145.6Bright
155.6Bright
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175.7Bright
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205.8Bright
215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Novara?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Novara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novara in May

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

In May, Novara sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Novara in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Novara peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Novara in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Novara is worst in March — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Novara's WHO annual average of 17 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2121 µg/m³Nov 1314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Novara?

Novara sits at 45.4°N, 8.6°E, 165 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Galliate, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Novara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 150 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,464 m.

The land around Novara is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and cropland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
152 m
80 km
4,464 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Galliate 7.0 km · Trecate 9.0 km · Magenta 21 km · Vercelli 21 km · Vigevano 23 km · Abbiategrasso 24 km · Busto Arsizio 25 km · Gallarate 27 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 Novara (45.4469°, 8.6212°, elevation 165 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).