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Taormina in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Taormina is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Taormina is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
14h 12mon average

Is May a good time to visit Taormina?

Yes. May is one of Taormina's best months (May to June).

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 71°F in May, against 57°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 14°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in May, against 6% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in May, against 7% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

14h 12m in May, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May71°22°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Taormina sits, in May

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:49 AMsets 8:00 PM
Above the sea
220 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bernalda309 km north-east

The land around Taormina, 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 Taormina

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 12 km north-east of Taormina. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (220 m) against the climate model's (109 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 (220 m) against the climate model's (109 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.