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Venice in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Venice is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Venice is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
14h 53mon average

Is May a good time to visit Venice?

Yes. May is one of Venice's best months (May to June, or September to October).

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 48°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 9°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in May, against 28% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in May, against 34% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

14h 53m in May, against 8h 46m to 15h 36m 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 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May72°22°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 64°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Venice sits, in May

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:41 AMsets 8:32 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cortina d'Ampezzo127 km north

The land around Venice, 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 Venice

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 11 km north of Venice. 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.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.