Torre-Pacheco weather in May

In May, Torre-Pacheco sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Torre-Pacheco's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torre-Pacheco's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
6th warmest
Overnight low
16°
7th coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
5:59 AM – 8:01 PM
Cloud cover
39%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Torre-Pacheco is innhabited place in Torre-Pacheco, 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 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Torre-Pacheco reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°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 Torre-Pacheco

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.

Torre-Pacheco weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 264.19.76.0
Feb17° / 204.110.56.4
Mar19° / 10°284.311.77.1
Apr21° / 13°24412.97.5
May24° / 16°193148.3
Jun27° / 19°71.314.68.3
Jul30° / 22°20.314.37.1
Aug30° / 23°6113.56.5
Sep28° / 20°363.812.37.4
Oct24° / 17°324.5118.0
Nov20° / 12°325.2107.2
Dec17° / 243.99.46.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 27%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26832
36832
46832
56832
66832
76832
86931
96931
107030
117030
127129
137228
147228
157327
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Torre-Pacheco gets around 19 mm of rain over 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 9% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
114
214
315
415
515
614
714
814
913
1013
1112
1211
1311
1410
1510
169
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197
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296
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316

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1732610
2722710
3702910
4683020
5673120
6663220
7643330
8633430
9623530
10603640
11593740
12583840
13573850
14553960
15544060
16534070
17524170
18514180
19504190
204842100
214742110
224543120
234343140
244143150
254043170
263843190
273643201
283443221
293342241
303142261
312941281

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
112calm
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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 6:15 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 8:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:157:47
213.66:147:48
313.66:127:49
413.66:117:50
513.76:107:51
613.76:097:52
713.76:087:53
813.86:077:54
913.86:067:55
1013.86:057:56
1113.96:047:56
1213.96:037:57
1313.96:027:58
1414.06:017:59
1514.06:008:00
1614.05:598:01
1714.15:588:02
1814.15:588:03
1914.15:578:04
2014.15:568:04
2114.25:558:05
2214.25:558:06
2314.25:548:07
2414.25:538:08
2514.35:538:08
2614.35:528:09
2714.35:518:10
2814.35:518:11
2914.45:508:12
3014.45:508:12
3114.45:498:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.38 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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46.9Intense
56.9Intense
66.9Intense
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317.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Torre-Pacheco?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Torre-Pacheco in May

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

In May, Torre-Pacheco sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Torre-Pacheco 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 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 4 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb14Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Torre-Pacheco 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 Torre-Pacheco 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 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Torre-Pacheco?

Torre-Pacheco sits at 37.7°N, 1.0°W, 43 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Los Alcázares, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Torre-Pacheco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torre-Pacheco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,570 m.

The land around Torre-Pacheco is covered by cropland (58%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
313 m
80 km
1,570 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Los Alcázares 9.0 km · San Javier 12 km · Barrio de Peral 13 km · La Unión 15 km · Cartagena 16 km · San Pedro del Pinatar 18 km · Pilar de la Horadada 20 km · Atamaría 21 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 Torre-Pacheco (37.7429°, -0.954°, elevation 43 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).