Gamonal weather in May

In May, Gamonal sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 25% 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 Gamonal's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gamonal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 24 min; 5:59 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Gamonal is human settlement in Spain.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Gamonal 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

How May really feels in Gamonal

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Gamonal weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 1°	54	9.9	3.1	9.3	1.0
Feb	9° / 1°	44	9	3.2	10.3	1.8
Mar	12° / 3°	50	10.2	1.7	11.6	3.2
Apr	14° / 5°	66	12.2	0.6	13.1	3.9
May	18° / 8°	64	11.3	0	14.4	5.6
Jun	23° / 11°	42	7.5	0	15	7.3
Jul	26° / 13°	23	4.6	0	14.8	7.9
Aug	27° / 13°	20	4.3	0	13.7	7.9
Sep	22° / 11°	39	6.7	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	17° / 8°	62	9.5	0.1	10.8	5.4
Nov	11° / 4°	63	11.1	0.9	9.6	2.5
Dec	8° / 2°	56	9.2	1.3	9	1.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	37	37	39	39	41	41	41	43	44	44	46	47	47	48	47	47	48	48	47	47	47	47	47
Cloudier (%)	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	64	63	63	61	61	59	59	59	57	56	56	54	53	53	52	53	53	52	52	53	53	53	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gamonal gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	35
20	35
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 6:17 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 8:37 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	8:06	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:35	8:36	8:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	6:17	8:06
2	13.9	6:16	8:08
3	13.9	6:15	8:09
4	13.9	6:13	8:10
5	14.0	6:12	8:11
6	14.0	6:11	8:12
7	14.1	6:09	8:13
8	14.1	6:08	8:14
9	14.1	6:07	8:15
10	14.2	6:06	8:17
11	14.2	6:04	8:18
12	14.3	6:03	8:19
13	14.3	6:02	8:20
14	14.3	6:01	8:21
15	14.4	6:00	8:22
16	14.4	5:59	8:23
17	14.4	5:58	8:24
18	14.5	5:57	8:25
19	14.5	5:56	8:26
20	14.5	5:55	8:27
21	14.6	5:54	8:28
22	14.6	5:53	8:29
23	14.6	5:52	8:30
24	14.7	5:52	8:31
25	14.7	5:51	8:32
26	14.7	5:50	8:33
27	14.7	5:49	8:34
28	14.8	5:49	8:35
29	14.8	5:48	8:35
30	14.8	5:48	8:36
31	14.8	5:47	8:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.5	Intense
30	6.5	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gamonal?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gamonal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gamonal in May

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

In May, Gamonal sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Gamonal 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 Gamonal peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	5	6	7	9	10	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Gamonal?

Gamonal sits at 42.4°N, 3.7°W, 867 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Burgos, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Gamonal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gamonal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 886 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,834 m.

The land around Gamonal is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%), trees (28%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

275 m

cropland 66%

80 km

1,834 m

cropland 48%

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← April Gamonal year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Burgos 3.0 km · Miranda de Ebro 70 km · Aranda de Duero 76 km · Palencia 80 km · Gasteiz / Vitoria 99 km · Logroño 101 km · Laudio / Llodio 105 km · Torrelavega 115 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

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 Gamonal (42.3566°, -3.6732°, elevation 867 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	35
20	35
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	35
20	35
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	8
19	18	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	20	9
27	20	9
28	20	9
29	20	9
30	20	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	41	59
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	47	53
24	47	53
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	41
5	41
6	41
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	39
12	39
13	39
14	38
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	35
20	35
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	95	5