Ciudad Real weather in May

In May, Ciudad Real sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 42 mm of rain across 7.9 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ciudad Real's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ciudad Real's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
42 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
6:08 AM – 8:16 PM
Cloud cover
50%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Ciudad Real is human settlement in Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real Province, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM10 25.9 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 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ciudad Real reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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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22110
32110
42110
52210
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How May really feels in Ciudad Real

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.

Ciudad Real 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
Jan11° / 397.20.69.63.0
Feb13° / 376.30.210.54.1
Mar17° / 437.3011.75.8
Apr19° / 498.30136.4
May24° / 12°427.9014.17.3
Jun30° / 17°153.3014.76.4
Jul34° / 20°51.4014.54.1
Aug33° / 19°81.9013.54.3
Sep28° / 16°254.4012.37.0
Oct21° / 11°527.60117.1
Nov15° / 506.909.95.0
Dec12° / 506.80.29.33.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45050
55050
65149
75248
85347
95347
105446
115446
125545
135644
145743
155743
165842
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186040
196139
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216238
226238
236337
246436
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316832

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ciudad Real gets around 42 mm of rain over 7.9 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 25% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
228
328
429
529
629
729
829
929
1029
1128
1228
1328
1427
1526
1626
1725
1824
1924
2023
2123
2222
2322
2421
2521
2620
2719
2819
2919
3018
3118

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10982
11982
12982
13973
14973
15973
16964
17964
18955
19955
20946
21937
22937
23928
24928
25919
26919
27919
28919
29919
30919
31919

Wind in May

Winds average 9 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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249calm
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279calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 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 6:25 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 8:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:258:01
213.66:238:02
313.76:228:03
413.76:218:04
513.86:208:05
613.86:198:06
713.86:178:07
813.96:168:08
913.96:158:09
1013.96:148:10
1114.06:138:11
1214.06:128:12
1314.06:118:13
1414.16:108:14
1514.16:098:15
1614.16:088:16
1714.26:078:17
1814.26:078:17
1914.26:068:18
2014.26:058:19
2114.36:048:20
2214.36:038:21
2314.36:038:22
2414.36:028:23
2514.46:018:24
2614.46:018:24
2714.46:008:25
2814.45:598:26
2914.55:598:27
3014.55:588:28
3114.55:588:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.3Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.5Intense
96.5Intense
106.5Intense
116.6Intense
126.6Intense
136.7Intense
146.7Intense
156.8Intense
166.8Intense
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196.9Intense
206.9Intense
217.0Intense
227.0Intense
237.0Intense
247.1Intense
257.1Intense
267.1Intense
277.1Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ciudad Real?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Ciudad Real for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ciudad Real in May

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

In May, Ciudad Real sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ciudad Real 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 Ciudad Real peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ciudad Real?

Ciudad Real sits at 39.0°N, 3.9°W, 633 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Miguelturra, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Ciudad Real

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ciudad Real has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 631 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,069 m.

The land around Ciudad Real is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
328 m
80 km
1,069 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Miguelturra 4.0 km · Daimiel 29 km · Puertollano 37 km · Manzanares 48 km · Valdepeñas 53 km · La Solana 60 km · Alcázar de San Juan 77 km · Tomelloso 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
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 Ciudad Real (38.9863°, -3.9291°, elevation 633 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).