Ávila weather in May

In May, Ávila sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ávila's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ávila's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
6:07 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
55%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Ávila is human settlement in Ávila, Province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 13.5 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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ávila reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Ávila

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.

Ávila weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 458.63.39.41.1
Feb / 387.73.110.42.0
Mar12° / 459.4211.73.5
Apr15° / 56111.113.14.3
May19° / 5710.80.114.26.0
Jun24° / 12°306.4014.97.6
Jul28° / 14°163.9014.67.4
Aug28° / 14°174.6013.67.5
Sep23° / 11°306012.37.6
Oct17° / 578.70.210.95.6
Nov11° / 579.31.19.72.8
Dec / 478.41.89.11.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34258
44159
54159
64258
74258
84357
94456
104456
114456
124654
134753
144753
154951
165050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Ávila gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1373
2373
3372
4382
5382
6381
7381
8381
9381
10381
11380
12380
13370
14370
15360
16360
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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109calm
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129calm
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159calm
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179calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 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 6:25 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 8:07 PM to 8:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:258:07
213.86:238:08
313.86:228:09
413.86:218:10
513.96:208:12
613.96:188:13
713.96:178:14
814.06:168:15
914.06:158:16
1014.16:148:17
1114.16:128:18
1214.16:118:19
1314.26:108:20
1414.26:098:21
1514.26:088:22
1614.36:078:23
1714.36:068:24
1814.36:058:25
1914.46:058:26
2014.46:048:27
2114.46:038:28
2214.46:028:28
2314.56:018:29
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2614.55:598:32
2714.65:598:33
2814.65:588:34
2914.65:578:35
3014.65:578:35
3114.75:568:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
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317.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ávila?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ávila for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ávila in May

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

In May, Ávila sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Ávila 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 Ávila peaks around July 16 at about 10 (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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Ávila 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 Ávila is worst in August — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodAug 1714 µg/m³Jul 139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Good
May9Good
Jun11Good
Jul8Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ávila?

Ávila sits at 40.7°N, 4.7°W, 1,127 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Sotillo de la Adrada, 42 km away.

Topography around Ávila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ávila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 1,099 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 686 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,226 m.

The land around Ávila is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%), cropland (34%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
165 m
16 km
686 m
80 km
2,226 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sotillo de la Adrada 42 km · Arevalo 45 km · San Lorenzo de El Escorial 47 km · El Escorial 49 km · Segovia 59 km · Collado-Villalba 59 km · Galapagar 59 km · Arenas de San Pedro 60 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 Ávila (40.6572°, -4.6995°, elevation 1,127 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).