Galapagar weather in May

In May, Galapagar sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 50 mm of rain across 9.3 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Galapagar's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Galapagar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
50 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
6:05 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
52%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Galapagar is capital of Galapagar 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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Galapagar reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°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)
1198
2198
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How May really feels in Galapagar

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.

Galapagar weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 477.529.41.9
Feb11° / 386.41.710.43.0
Mar15° / 487.90.911.74.7
Apr17° / 549.30.3135.5
May21° / 10°509.3014.26.8
Jun27° / 15°234.8014.87.2
Jul31° / 18°92.1014.65.6
Aug31° / 17°112.9013.65.8
Sep26° / 14°275.1012.37.7
Oct19° / 698.1010.96.4
Nov13° / 627.70.49.73.7
Dec / 547.40.89.22.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34852
44852
54852
64852
74852
84951
94951
105050
115149
125248
135248
145446
155446
165644
175743
185842
195842
205941
216040
226040
236139
246139
256337
266337
276337
286337
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306436
316436

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Galapagar gets around 50 mm of rain over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
133
234
334
434
534
634
733
833
933
1032
1132
1232
1331
1431
1531
1630
1729
1829
1928
2028
2128
2227
2327
2427
2526
2626
2726
2825
2925
3024
3124

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
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26982
27982
28982
29982
30982
31982

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 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
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309calm
319calm

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 8:04 PM to 8:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:228:04
213.76:218:05
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
1014.06:118:14
1114.16:108:15
1214.16:098:16
1314.26:088:17
1414.26:078:18
1514.26:068:19
1614.26:058:20
1714.36:048:21
1814.36:038:22
1914.36:028:23
2014.46:018:24
2114.46:008:25
2214.46:008:25
2314.55:598:26
2414.55:588:27
2514.55:578:28
2614.55:578:29
2714.65:568:30
2814.65:558:31
2914.65:558:32
3014.65:548:32
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 6.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
76.4Intense
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96.5Intense
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287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Galapagar?

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 Galapagar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Galapagar in May

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

In May, Galapagar sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Galapagar 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 Galapagar peaks around July 15 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 15UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Galapagar?

Galapagar sits at 40.6°N, 4.0°W, 883 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Collado-Villalba, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Galapagar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Galapagar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 877 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,180 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,015 m.

The land around Galapagar is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (40%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%), cropland (32%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
1,180 m
80 km
2,015 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Collado-Villalba 6.0 km · Torrelodones 7.0 km · Villanueva del Pardillo 10 km · El Escorial 10 km · San Lorenzo de El Escorial 12 km · Las Rozas de Madrid 15 km · Villanueva de la Cañada 15 km · Majadahonda 16 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 Galapagar (40.5783°, -4.0043°, elevation 883 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).