Granadilla de Abona weather in May

In May, Granadilla de Abona sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 24 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Granadilla de Abona's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Granadilla de Abona's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
6th coldest
Rainfall
24 mm
6.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:21 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
30%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Granadilla de Abona is capital of Granadilla de Abona Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.9 µg/m³ · 2010

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical May day in Granadilla de Abona reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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Granadilla de Abona weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 16°335.910.46.6
Feb17° / 16°376.2116.6
Mar18° / 16°39711.86.7
Apr18° / 16°357.512.76.7
May19° / 17°246.213.47.3
Jun21° / 19°123.313.78.3
Jul23° / 21°10.413.69.6
Aug24° / 22°31139.5
Sep23° / 21°204.312.28.4
Oct22° / 20°428.711.37.3
Nov20° / 19°347.210.67.0
Dec19° / 17°467.310.26.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28119
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Granadilla de Abona gets around 24 mm of rain over 6.2 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 19% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12955160
22855170
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25855370
26754390
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28552421
29550441
30449461
31347481

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:327:35
213.16:317:36
313.16:307:36
413.16:297:37
513.26:287:38
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713.26:277:39
813.26:267:39
913.26:257:40
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1113.36:247:41
1213.36:237:42
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1413.46:227:43
1513.46:217:44
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1913.46:197:46
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Granadilla de Abona

In seasonPeak

None of Granadilla de Abona's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Granadilla de Abona sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Granadilla de Abona sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

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Is May a good time to visit Granadilla de Abona?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Granadilla de Abona for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Granadilla de Abona in May

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

In May, Granadilla de Abona sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 17°C. Pack sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Granadilla de Abona in May

The nearest coast averages about 20°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 24°C and coldest in March near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 9 to Jan 10 — about 8.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

18°20°22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Cool
Feb19Cool
Mar19Cool
Apr19Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun21Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep24Refreshing
Oct24Refreshing
Nov22Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Granadilla de Abona in May

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Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Granadilla de Abona peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 17UV 11Dec 17UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Granadilla de Abona in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Granadilla de Abona is worst in February — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (June, 5 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Granadilla de Abona's WHO annual average of 8.9 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodFeb 915 µg/m³Jun 125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar8Good
Apr6Good
May6Good
Jun5Good
Jul7Good
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Granadilla de Abona?

Granadilla de Abona sits at 28.1°N, 16.6°W, 634 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is San Miguel De Abona, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Granadilla de Abona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Granadilla de Abona has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 800 m around an average of 613 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,709 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,670 m.

The land around Granadilla de Abona is covered by grassland (45%) and shrubs (43%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), shrubs (23%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and water (84%) within 80 km.

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800 m
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80 km
3,670 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: San Miguel De Abona 5.0 km · San Isidro 5.0 km · Arona 11 km · Adeje 15 km · Guía de Isora 22 km · Güimar 27 km · Realejo Alto 29 km · Los Realejos 30 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 Granadilla de Abona (28.1188°, -16.576°, elevation 634 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).