Collado-Villalba weather in May

In May, Collado-Villalba sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Collado-Villalba's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Collado-Villalba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
6:05 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
56%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Collado-Villalba is capital city of Collado Villalba municipality, Madrid, Spain.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.6 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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Collado-Villalba reaches about 19°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 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)
1166
2166
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5177
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How May really feels in Collado-Villalba

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.

Collado-Villalba weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 599.64.99.40.9
Feb / 498.64.310.41.7
Mar12° / 6210.12.811.73.2
Apr14° / 7512.31.9134.0
May19° / 75120.314.25.7
Jun24° / 12°387.6014.97.4
Jul29° / 15°184.3014.67.1
Aug28° / 15°215.2013.67.1
Sep23° / 12°406.9012.37.4
Oct17° / 80100.210.95.3
Nov11° / 7410.41.89.72.5
Dec / 639.12.89.11.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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
24258
34258
44258
54258
64159
74159
84159
94159
104258
114258
124456
134456
144555
154654
164852
174951
185050
195149
205347
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Collado-Villalba gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 12 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1424
2434
3433
4433
5433
6422
7422
8422
9421
10411
11411
12411
13411
14401
15401
16391
17391
18381
19371
20371
21361
22361
23361
24360
25350
26350
27350
28340
29340
30340
31330

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
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31000
41000
51000
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81000
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27991
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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
168calm
178calm
188calm
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318calm

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 6:22 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 8:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:228:05
213.76:218:06
313.86:198:07
413.86:188:08
513.96:178:09
613.96:168:10
713.96:148:11
814.06:138:12
914.06:128:13
1014.16:118:14
1114.16:108:15
1214.16:098:16
1314.26:088:17
1414.26:078:18
1514.26:068:19
1614.36:058:20
1714.36:048:21
1814.36:038:22
1914.36:028:23
2014.46:018:24
2114.46:008:25
2214.45:598:26
2314.55:598:27
2414.55:588:27
2514.55:578:28
2614.55:568:29
2714.65:568:30
2814.65:558:31
2914.65:558:32
3014.65:548:33
3114.75:548:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.3Intense
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317.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Collado-Villalba?

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
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Collado-Villalba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Collado-Villalba in May

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

In May, Collado-Villalba sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Collado-Villalba 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 Collado-Villalba peaks around July 15 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 15UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Collado-Villalba?

Collado-Villalba sits at 40.6°N, 4.0°W, 884 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Galapagar, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Collado-Villalba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Collado-Villalba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m around an average of 908 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,601 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,012 m.

The land around Collado-Villalba is covered by trees (36%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), cropland (32%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
222 m
16 km
1,601 m
80 km
2,012 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Galapagar 6.0 km · Torrelodones 9.0 km · El Escorial 12 km · San Lorenzo de El Escorial 13 km · Villanueva del Pardillo 16 km · Las Rozas de Madrid 19 km · Colmenar Viejo 20 km · Villanueva de la Cañada 21 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 Collado-Villalba (40.6351°, -4.0049°, elevation 884 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).