Huelva weather in May

In May, Huelva sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 29 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Huelva's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Huelva's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
5th warmest
Overnight low
16°
7th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:24 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover
41%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Huelva is city in Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM10 23.2 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 24°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Huelva reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Huelva

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.

Huelva weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 456.39.75.5
Feb17° / 384.910.66.3
Mar20° / 11°435.911.77.1
Apr22° / 13°456.312.97.4
May25° / 16°295147.9
Jun30° / 18°61.114.56.7
Jul33° / 20°10.214.34.9
Aug33° / 21°20.413.44.9
Sep29° / 19°203.312.36.8
Oct24° / 16°636.6117.5
Nov19° / 12°526.2106.9
Dec16° / 10°656.59.55.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26139
36238
46337
56337
66337
76436
86535
96535
106634
116634
126733
136733
146832
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317624

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Huelva gets around 29 mm of rain over 5 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 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
120
220
320
420
520
620
720
819
919
1019
1118
1218
1318
1417
1517
1617
1716
1816
1915
2015
2114
2214
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2413
2512
2612
2711
2811
2910
309
319

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 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1672940
2663040
3653140
4643240
5633340
6623440
7603550
8603550
9593650
10583660
11583660
12573670
13563680
14573580
15563590
165535100
175535100
185435110
195435110
205235121
215235121
225234131
235134141
245034151
255034161
264934161
274835171
284735171
294735181
304635181
314535190

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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 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 6:40 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 8:10 PM to 8:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:408:10
213.56:388:11
313.66:378:12
413.66:368:13
513.76:358:14
613.76:348:15
713.76:338:16
813.76:328:17
913.86:318:18
1013.86:308:19
1113.86:298:19
1213.96:288:20
1313.96:278:21
1413.96:268:22
1514.06:258:23
1614.06:248:24
1714.06:238:25
1814.06:238:25
1914.16:228:26
2014.16:218:27
2114.16:208:28
2214.26:208:29
2314.26:198:30
2414.26:188:30
2514.26:188:31
2614.26:178:32
2714.36:178:33
2814.36:168:33
2914.36:168:34
3014.36:158:35
3114.46:158:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 7.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.7Intense
56.7Intense
66.7Intense
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237.3Intense
247.3Intense
257.3Intense
267.3Intense
277.4Intense
287.4Intense
297.4Intense
307.5Intense
317.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Huelva?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Huelva for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Huelva in May

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

In May, Huelva sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Huelva in May

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 12 to Oct 18 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Cool
Apr17Cool
May18Cool
Jun20Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov18Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Huelva 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 Huelva peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Huelva?

Huelva sits at 37.3°N, 6.9°W, 34 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Aljaraque, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Huelva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Huelva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,099 m.

The land around Huelva is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, grassland (24%), trees (21%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
1,099 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Aljaraque 7.0 km · Moguer 9.0 km · Cartaya 19 km · Lepe 23 km · Isla Cristina 34 km · Almonte 37 km · Ayamonte 42 km · Tavira 65 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 Huelva (37.2664°, -6.94°, elevation 34 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. 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).