Béjar weather in May

In May, Béjar sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 79 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Béjar's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Béjar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
79 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
6:12 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Béjar is capital of Béjar Municipality, Spain.

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Béjar reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1166
2166
3167
4167
5167
6167
7177
8177
9177
10177
11177
12178
13178
14188
15188
16188
17188
18188
19189
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24199
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262010
272010
282010
292010
302010
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How May really feels in Béjar

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.

Béjar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 851039.41.1
Feb / 648.42.910.42.0
Mar12° / 789.91.511.73.3
Apr14° / 8612.11133.9
May18° / 7911.6014.25.7
Jun23° / 12°335.5014.87.8
Jul27° / 15°153014.68.1
Aug27° / 15°213.8013.68.1
Sep22° / 12°506.9012.37.5
Oct17° / 11210.5010.95.2
Nov11° / 9410.80.69.82.7
Dec / 95101.39.21.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24456
34456
44456
54456
64456
74456
84456
94456
104456
114555
124555
134753
144852
154951
164951
175149
185149
195248
205347
215446
225545
235545
245644
255644
265743
275743
285743
295842
305842
315842

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Béjar gets around 79 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
141
242
342
442
542
642
742
842
942
1041
1141
1241
1340
1439
1539
1638
1737
1836
1936
2035
2134
2234
2333
2433
2532
2631
2730
2830
2929
3029
3128

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 (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
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201000
211000
221000
23991
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25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30991
31991

Wind in May

Winds average 8 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
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 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 6:29 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 8:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:298:11
213.76:288:12
313.86:278:13
413.86:268:14
513.86:248:15
613.96:238:16
713.96:228:17
814.06:218:18
914.06:208:19
1014.06:188:20
1114.16:178:21
1214.16:168:22
1314.16:158:23
1414.26:148:24
1514.26:138:25
1614.26:128:26
1714.36:118:27
1814.36:108:28
1914.36:108:29
2014.46:098:30
2114.46:088:31
2214.46:078:32
2314.46:068:33
2414.56:068:34
2514.56:058:35
2614.56:048:36
2714.56:048:36
2814.66:038:37
2914.66:028:38
3014.66:028:39
3114.66:018:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.3Intense
136.4Intense
146.4Intense
156.5Intense
166.5Intense
176.5Intense
186.6Intense
196.6Intense
206.6Intense
216.7Intense
226.7Intense
236.7Intense
246.8Intense
256.8Intense
266.8Intense
276.8Intense
286.9Intense
296.9Intense
306.9Intense
316.9Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Béjar?

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
2.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Béjar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Béjar in May

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

In May, Béjar sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Béjar 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 Béjar peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Béjar?

Béjar sits at 40.4°N, 5.8°W, 946 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Plasencia, 48 km away.

Cáceres

Topography around Béjar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Béjar has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 608 m around an average of 1,046 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,856 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,318 m.

The land around Béjar is covered by trees (60%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
608 m
16 km
1,856 m
80 km
2,318 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Plasencia 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 58 km · Arenas de San Pedro 61 km · Salamanca 65 km · Talavera de la Reina 92 km · Ávila 95 km · Sotillo de la Adrada 101 km · Cáceres 114 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 Béjar (40.3864°, -5.7634°, elevation 946 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).