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Valença do Douro in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Valença do Douro is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 51°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Valença do Douro is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
51°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
14h 29mon average

Is May a good time to visit Valença do Douro?

Yes. May is one of Valença do Douro'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 74°F in May, against 56°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in May, against 13°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in May, against 12% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in May, against 24% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

14h 29m in May, against 9h 15m to 15h 05m 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. April69°21°low 46°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May74°23°low 51°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June83°28°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Valença do Douro sits, in May

Europe/Lisbon
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:13 AMsets 8:40 PM
Above the sea
175 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Porto88 km west

The land around Valença do Douro, 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 Valença do Douro

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Valença do Douro. 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 (175 m) against the climate model's (394 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 (175 m) against the climate model's (394 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.