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Coimbra in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Coimbra is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Coimbra is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 24mon average

Is May a good time to visit Coimbra?

Yes. May is one of Coimbra'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 75°F in May, against 60°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 16°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in May, against 9% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in May, against 20% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

14h 24m in May, against 9h 21m to 14h 59m 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. April70°21°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May75°24°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June82°28°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Coimbra sits, in May

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:19 AMsets 8:41 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
40.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Porto106 km north

The land around Coimbra, 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 Portugal in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Coimbra. 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (125 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 (20 m) against the climate model's (125 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.