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Lake Como in May

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Lake Como is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Lake Como is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 4 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 58% of days
Daylight
14h 56mon average

Is May a good time to visit Lake Como?

A good month, just outside Lake Como's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in May, against 49°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 9°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

58% of days in May, against 26% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in May, against 38% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

14h 56m in May, against 8h 42m to 15h 41m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April64°18°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May72°22°low 50°low 10°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 57°low 14°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Lake Como sits, in May

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:52 AMsets 8:46 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stresa57 km west

The land around Lake Como, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Italy in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Lake Como

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Lake Como. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (819 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (819 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.