Plasencia weather in May

In May, Plasencia sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 51 mm of rain across 7.1 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Plasencia's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plasencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
6:14 AM – 8:27 PM
Cloud cover
49%
5th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Plasencia is innhabited place in Plasencia, 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 21°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical May day in Plasencia reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°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)
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72211
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How May really feels in Plasencia

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.

Plasencia 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
Jan12° / 969.39.53.1
Feb14° / 697.110.44.2
Mar17° / 757.911.75.8
Apr19° / 688.8136.4
May23° / 12°517.114.27.4
Jun29° / 16°132.414.86.9
Jul33° / 19°40.914.64.7
Aug32° / 19°81.513.64.9
Sep28° / 16°444.412.37.2
Oct21° / 12°1229.110.96.8
Nov15° / 1059.69.84.7
Dec12° / 1159.49.23.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35149
45149
55149
65149
75149
85149
95248
105248
115347
125446
135545
145644
155743
165842
175941
186040
196139
206337
216337
226535
236535
246535
256733
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316832

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Plasencia gets around 51 mm of rain over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
328
428
528
628
728
828
928
1027
1127
1227
1326
1426
1525
1624
1724
1823
1922
2021
2120
2219
2318
2418
2517
2616
2716
2815
2915
3014
3114

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4973
5973
6973
7964
8964
9964
10955
11955
12946
13937
14937
15928
16919
17919
189010
199010
208911
218812
228812
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248713
258713
268614
278614
288614
298614
308614
318614

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
198calm
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248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 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 6:31 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 8:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:318:12
213.76:308:13
313.86:298:14
413.86:288:15
513.86:268:16
613.96:258:17
713.96:248:18
813.96:238:19
914.06:228:20
1014.06:218:21
1114.06:198:22
1214.16:188:23
1314.16:178:24
1414.16:168:25
1514.26:158:26
1614.26:148:27
1714.26:148:28
1814.36:138:29
1914.36:128:30
2014.36:118:31
2114.46:108:31
2214.46:098:32
2314.46:098:33
2414.46:088:34
2514.56:078:35
2614.56:068:36
2714.56:068:37
2814.56:058:38
2914.66:058:38
3014.66:048:39
3114.66:048:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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36.1Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
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116.4Intense
126.4Intense
136.5Intense
146.5Intense
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277.0Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
307.0Intense
317.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Plasencia

In seasonPeak

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

Plasencia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Plasencia?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Plasencia for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Plasencia in May

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

In May, Plasencia sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Plasencia 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 Plasencia peaks around July 17 at about 9 (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 17UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Plasencia?

Plasencia sits at 40.0°N, 6.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Béjar, 48 km away.

Talavera de la ReinaSequeiraGuarda

Topography around Plasencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plasencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,402 m.

The land around Plasencia is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
364 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,402 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Béjar 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 49 km · Cáceres 66 km · Arenas de San Pedro 87 km · Talavera de la Reina 107 km · Salamanca 110 km · Sequeira 113 km · Guarda 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
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 Plasencia (40.0312°, -6.0884°, elevation 368 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).