Balaguer weather in May

In May, Balaguer sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 45 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Balaguer's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balaguer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:42 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Balaguer is capital town of the municipality of Balaguer, Spain.

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 23°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Balaguer reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 30°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15

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

How May really feels in Balaguer

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Balaguer weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 2°	30	4.9	9.3	3.4
Feb	14° / 3°	21	3.6	10.3	4.8
Mar	18° / 5°	33	5.6	11.7	6.6
Apr	21° / 8°	48	6.9	13.1	7.1
May	25° / 12°	45	6.7	14.3	7.4
Jun	30° / 17°	30	4.8	15	5.8
Jul	33° / 20°	20	3.4	14.7	4.3
Aug	32° / 19°	34	5.1	13.7	4.6
Sep	28° / 15°	50	6.2	12.3	7.0
Oct	22° / 11°	52	6	10.9	7.4
Nov	16° / 6°	41	5	9.6	5.5
Dec	12° / 2°	29	5	9	3.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. 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 (%)	55	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	45	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Balaguer gets around 45 mm of rain over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20

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

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 91% 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 (%)	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	84	83	82	80	80
Comfortable (%)	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	93	7	0
16	93	7	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	11	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	86	14	0
26	85	15	0
27	84	16	0
28	83	17	0
29	82	18	0
30	80	19	1
31	80	19	1

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 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 6:00 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 8:18 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)	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:31
Sunset (PM)	7:47	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	6:00	7:47
2	13.8	5:59	7:49
3	13.9	5:58	7:50
4	13.9	5:56	7:51
5	13.9	5:55	7:52
6	14.0	5:54	7:53
7	14.0	5:53	7:54
8	14.1	5:51	7:55
9	14.1	5:50	7:56
10	14.1	5:49	7:57
11	14.2	5:48	7:58
12	14.2	5:47	7:59
13	14.2	5:46	8:00
14	14.3	5:45	8:01
15	14.3	5:43	8:03
16	14.4	5:42	8:04
17	14.4	5:41	8:05
18	14.4	5:41	8:06
19	14.4	5:40	8:07
20	14.5	5:39	8:08
21	14.5	5:38	8:09
22	14.5	5:37	8:10
23	14.6	5:36	8:10
24	14.6	5:35	8:11
25	14.6	5:35	8:12
26	14.7	5:34	8:13
27	14.7	5:33	8:14
28	14.7	5:33	8:15
29	14.7	5:32	8:16
30	14.8	5:31	8:17
31	14.8	5:31	8:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.78 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	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	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	6.3	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	6.9	Intense
20	6.9	Intense
21	7.0	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	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 Balaguer?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Balaguer for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Balaguer in May

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

In May, Balaguer sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Balaguer 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 Balaguer peaks around July 15 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	7	9	10	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Balaguer?

Balaguer sits at 41.8°N, 0.8°E, 220 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lleida, 25 km away.

Topography around Balaguer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balaguer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Balaguer is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

153 m

cropland 59%

16 km

761 m

cropland 55%

80 km

2,840 m

trees 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Lleida 25 km · Tàrrega 32 km · Monzón 53 km · Barbastro 63 km · Valls 67 km · Igualada 71 km · Reus 75 km · Vila-seca 81 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

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 Balaguer (41.7912°, 0.8109°, elevation 220 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	93	7	0
16	93	7	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	11	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	86	14	0
26	85	15	0
27	84	16	0
28	83	17	0
29	82	18	0
30	80	19	1
31	80	19	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	93	7	0
16	93	7	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	11	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	86	14	0
26	85	15	0
27	84	16	0
28	83	17	0
29	82	18	0
30	80	19	1
31	80	19	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	93	7	0
16	93	7	0
17	92	8	0
18	92	8	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	11	0
22	89	11	0
23	88	12	0
24	87	13	0
25	86	14	0
26	85	15	0
27	84	16	0
28	83	17	0
29	82	18	0
30	80	19	1
31	80	19	1