Benavente weather in May

In May, Benavente sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 44 mm of rain across 8.2 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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Benavente's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benavente's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
6:08 AM – 8:30 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Benavente is capital town of the municipality of Benavente, 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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Benavente reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°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)
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2198
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242310
252310
262311
272311
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How May really feels in Benavente

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.

Benavente 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4070.89.31.9
Feb11° / 275.40.810.33.1
Mar15° / 367.30.111.74.8
Apr17° / 448.80.113.15.6
May21° / 448.2014.36.8
Jun26° / 13°275.10157.5
Jul30° / 15°143014.76.3
Aug29° / 15°152.9013.76.6
Sep25° / 12°244.2012.37.9
Oct19° / 598.2010.96.2
Nov13° / 477.80.19.63.6
Dec / 487.80.492.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 52%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34258
44258
54258
64258
74258
84258
94357
104456
114555
124456
134654
144654
154852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Benavente gets around 44 mm of rain over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
328
428
528
628
728
829
929
1029
1129
1229
1329
1429
1529
1628
1728
1827
1926
2026
2125
2225
2324
2424
2523
2623
2722
2822
2922
3022
3122

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 99% 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
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151000
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17991
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20991
21991
22991
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24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30982
31982

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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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 6:26 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 8:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:268:14
213.86:258:15
313.96:238:16
413.96:228:17
514.06:218:18
614.06:198:19
714.06:188:20
814.16:178:22
914.16:168:23
1014.26:148:24
1114.26:138:25
1214.26:128:26
1314.36:118:27
1414.36:108:28
1514.36:098:29
1614.46:088:30
1714.46:078:31
1814.46:068:32
1914.56:058:33
2014.56:048:34
2114.56:038:35
2214.66:028:36
2314.66:028:37
2414.66:018:38
2514.66:008:39
2614.75:598:40
2714.75:598:41
2814.75:588:42
2914.85:578:42
3014.85:578:43
3114.85:568:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.4Intense
136.4Intense
146.4Intense
156.5Intense
166.5Intense
176.6Intense
186.6Intense
196.6Intense
206.7Intense
216.7Intense
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246.8Intense
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266.8Intense
276.8Intense
286.9Intense
296.9Intense
306.9Intense
316.9Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Benavente?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Benavente for sightseeing.

What to pack for Benavente in May

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

In May, Benavente sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Benavente 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 Benavente peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Benavente?

Benavente sits at 42.0°N, 5.7°W, 750 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Zamora, 55 km away.

Topography around Benavente

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benavente has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 715 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,703 m.

The land around Benavente is covered by cropland (44%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
213 m
80 km
1,703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Zamora 55 km · León 67 km · San Andrés del Rabanedo 68 km · Villaquilambre 72 km · Valladolid 88 km · Laguna de Duero 92 km · Bragança 92 km · Palencia 95 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 Benavente (42.0025°, -5.6783°, elevation 750 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).