Sestu weather in May

In May, Sestu sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 33 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sestu's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sestu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 5.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 5:15 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Sestu is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

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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 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sestu reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

Sestu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 7°	37	6.7	9.5	4.1
Feb	14° / 7°	39	7.4	10.5	4.2
Mar	16° / 9°	46	7.5	11.7	5.4
Apr	18° / 11°	48	8.4	13	6.3
May	22° / 14°	33	5.6	14.1	7.7
Jun	27° / 18°	10	2.1	14.7	8.2
Jul	30° / 21°	2	0.5	14.5	7.0
Aug	30° / 21°	8	1.8	13.5	6.5
Sep	26° / 19°	31	4.9	12.3	7.7
Oct	23° / 15°	43	6.1	11	7.6
Nov	18° / 12°	62	9.1	9.8	5.9
Dec	15° / 9°	54	8.6	9.3	4.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73
Cloudier (%)	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sestu gets around 33 mm of rain over 5.6 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 18% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	26
3	26
4	25
5	25
6	24
7	23
8	22
9	22
10	21
11	20
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	17
16	17
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	11

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 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	72	71	70	68	66	65	64	63	61	59	57	55	53	51	49	47	45	43	41	39	37	36
Comfortable (%)	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	48	48
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	20	0
2	79	21	0
3	78	22	0
4	77	23	0
5	76	24	0
6	75	25	0
7	74	26	0
8	73	27	0
9	72	28	0
10	72	28	0
11	71	29	0
12	70	30	0
13	68	32	0
14	66	33	1
15	65	34	1
16	64	35	1
17	63	36	1
18	61	37	2
19	59	39	2
20	57	40	3
21	55	41	4
22	53	43	4
23	51	44	5
24	49	45	6
25	47	46	7
26	45	46	9
27	43	47	10
28	41	48	11
29	39	48	13
30	37	48	14
31	36	48	16

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:37 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:05
Sunset (PM)	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:32	7:10
2	13.7	5:31	7:11
3	13.7	5:29	7:12
4	13.7	5:28	7:13
5	13.8	5:27	7:14
6	13.8	5:26	7:15
7	13.8	5:25	7:16
8	13.9	5:24	7:17
9	13.9	5:22	7:18
10	14.0	5:21	7:19
11	14.0	5:20	7:20
12	14.0	5:19	7:21
13	14.1	5:18	7:21
14	14.1	5:17	7:22
15	14.1	5:16	7:23
16	14.1	5:15	7:24
17	14.2	5:15	7:25
18	14.2	5:14	7:26
19	14.2	5:13	7:27
20	14.3	5:12	7:28
21	14.3	5:11	7:29
22	14.3	5:10	7:30
23	14.3	5:10	7:31
24	14.4	5:09	7:31
25	14.4	5:08	7:32
26	14.4	5:08	7:33
27	14.4	5:07	7:34
28	14.5	5:07	7:35
29	14.5	5:06	7:36
30	14.5	5:05	7:36
31	14.5	5:05	7:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.54 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.9	Intense
21	6.9	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sestu?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Sestu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Sestu in May

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

In May, Sestu sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Sestu in May

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 8 to Nov 2 — about 4.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	18	21	24	26	24	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Sestu 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 Sestu peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	6	7	7	10	7	6	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sestu?

Sestu sits at 39.3°N, 9.1°E, 44 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Monserrato, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Sestu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sestu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 877 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,808 m.

The land around Sestu is covered by cropland (39%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (31%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

cropland 39%

16 km

877 m

grassland 31%

80 km

1,808 m

water 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April Sestu year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Monserrato 6.0 km · Selargius 8.0 km · Cagliari 8.0 km · Assemini 8.0 km · Sinnai 10 km · Quartu Sant'Elena 16 km · Iglesias 48 km · Carbonia 51 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

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 Sestu (39.2985°, 9.0925°, elevation 44 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	26
3	26
4	25
5	25
6	24
7	23
8	22
9	22
10	21
11	20
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	17
16	17
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	20	0
2	79	21	0
3	78	22	0
4	77	23	0
5	76	24	0
6	75	25	0
7	74	26	0
8	73	27	0
9	72	28	0
10	72	28	0
11	71	29	0
12	70	30	0
13	68	32	0
14	66	33	1
15	65	34	1
16	64	35	1
17	63	36	1
18	61	37	2
19	59	39	2
20	57	40	3
21	55	41	4
22	53	43	4
23	51	44	5
24	49	45	6
25	47	46	7
26	45	46	9
27	43	47	10
28	41	48	11
29	39	48	13
30	37	48	14
31	36	48	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	26
3	26
4	25
5	25
6	24
7	23
8	22
9	22
10	21
11	20
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	17
16	17
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	20	0
2	79	21	0
3	78	22	0
4	77	23	0
5	76	24	0
6	75	25	0
7	74	26	0
8	73	27	0
9	72	28	0
10	72	28	0
11	71	29	0
12	70	30	0
13	68	32	0
14	66	33	1
15	65	34	1
16	64	35	1
17	63	36	1
18	61	37	2
19	59	39	2
20	57	40	3
21	55	41	4
22	53	43	4
23	51	44	5
24	49	45	6
25	47	46	7
26	45	46	9
27	43	47	10
28	41	48	11
29	39	48	13
30	37	48	14
31	36	48	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	12
2	20	12
3	20	13
4	20	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	21	13
11	21	13
12	22	14
13	22	14
14	22	14
15	22	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	26
3	26
4	25
5	25
6	24
7	23
8	22
9	22
10	21
11	20
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	17
16	17
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	15
23	14
24	14
25	14
26	13
27	13
28	12
29	12
30	12
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	80	20	0
2	79	21	0
3	78	22	0
4	77	23	0
5	76	24	0
6	75	25	0
7	74	26	0
8	73	27	0
9	72	28	0
10	72	28	0
11	71	29	0
12	70	30	0
13	68	32	0
14	66	33	1
15	65	34	1
16	64	35	1
17	63	36	1
18	61	37	2
19	59	39	2
20	57	40	3
21	55	41	4
22	53	43	4
23	51	44	5
24	49	45	6
25	47	46	7
26	45	46	9
27	43	47	10
28	41	48	11
29	39	48	13
30	37	48	14
31	36	48	16