A Coruña weather in May

In May, A Coruña sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 83 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is A Coruña's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see A Coruña's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
6th warmest
Overnight low
11°
7th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
6:15 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

A Coruña is capital of A Coruña Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.6 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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in A Coruña reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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A Coruña 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 14114.59.22.8
Feb13° / 10112.210.23.2
Mar14° / 10312.411.64.0
Apr15° / 11014.213.24.2
May17° / 11°8312.714.55.2
Jun20° / 13°538.815.26.4
Jul21° / 15°336.614.97.2
Aug22° / 16°467.713.87.2
Sep21° / 14°689.312.36.6
Oct18° / 12°13413.510.85.3
Nov14° / 10°154169.53.6
Dec13° / 14014.48.83.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 61%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

A Coruña gets around 83 mm of rain over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 8:27 PM to 8:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.96:348:27
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1914.66:128:48
2014.66:118:49
2114.76:108:50
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2314.76:088:52
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit A Coruña?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit A Coruña for sightseeing.

What to pack for A Coruña in May

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

In May, A Coruña sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near A Coruña in May

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

12°14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar13Bracing
Apr13Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index in A Coruña 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 A Coruña peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in A Coruña 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 A Coruña is worst in March — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to A Coruña's WHO annual average of 13.6 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1819 µg/m³Jul 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct14Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is A Coruña?

A Coruña sits at 43.4°N, 8.4°W, 22 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Oleiros, 8.0 km away.

Topography around A Coruña

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around A Coruña has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around A Coruña is covered by water (60%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, water (51%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), water (33%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
512 m
80 km
1,032 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Oleiros 8.0 km · Culleredo 9.0 km · Cambre 9.0 km · Arteixo 12 km · Ferrol 18 km · Narón 22 km · Carballo 30 km · Santiago de Compostela 56 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 65% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$38,627
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 A Coruña (43.3713°, -8.396°, elevation 22 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. 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).