Zamora weather in May

In May, Zamora sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 46 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zamora's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zamora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
6:09 AM – 8:29 PM
Cloud cover
56%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Zamora is Spanish city, capital of the homonymous municipality in Castilla y León, Spain.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 12.7 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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zamora reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Zamora

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.

Zamora weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 427.60.69.31.8
Feb11° / 316.10.710.32.9
Mar15° / 397.90.111.74.6
Apr17° / 489.4013.15.4
May21° / 468.6014.36.7
Jun26° / 13°255.2014.97.7
Jul29° / 15°133014.76.6
Aug29° / 15°133.1013.76.9
Sep25° / 12°274.4012.37.9
Oct19° / 638.3010.96.1
Nov12° / 517.809.73.5
Dec / 4880.59.12.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24258
34258
44159
54159
64159
74159
84159
94258
104258
114456
124456
134456
144654
154654
164852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zamora gets around 46 mm of rain over 8.6 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
129
229
330
430
530
630
731
831
931
1031
1131
1231
1331
1430
1530
1629
1728
1828
1927
2026
2126
2225
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2724
2824
2923
3023
3123

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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18991
19991
20991
21991
22982
23982
24982
25982
26982
27982
28982
29982
30973
31973

Wind in May

Winds average 11 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 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 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 6:27 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 8:13 PM to 8:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:278:13
213.86:268:14
313.86:258:15
413.96:238:16
513.96:228:17
614.06:218:19
714.06:198:20
814.06:188:21
914.16:178:22
1014.16:168:23
1114.26:158:24
1214.26:148:25
1314.26:138:26
1414.36:118:27
1514.36:108:28
1614.36:098:29
1714.46:088:30
1814.46:078:31
1914.46:078:32
2014.56:068:33
2114.56:058:34
2214.56:048:35
2314.56:038:36
2414.66:028:37
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2614.66:018:39
2714.76:008:39
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2914.75:598:41
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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 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.59 kWh/m² to a high of 7.63 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zamora?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zamora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zamora in May

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

In May, Zamora sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Zamora 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 Zamora peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zamora?

Zamora sits at 41.5°N, 5.7°W, 662 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Benavente, 55 km away.

Palencia

Topography around Zamora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zamora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 647 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 958 m.

The land around Zamora is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (30%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
243 m
80 km
958 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Benavente 55 km · Salamanca 60 km · Medina del Campo 73 km · Laguna de Duero 85 km · Valladolid 87 km · Bragança 91 km · Arevalo 99 km · Palencia 116 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 Zamora (41.5063°, -5.7446°, elevation 662 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).