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Barcelona in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Barcelona is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Barcelona is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
14h 30mon average

Is May a good time to visit Barcelona?

Yes. May is one of Barcelona's best months (May to June, or 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 58°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 14°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in May, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in May, against 21% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

14h 30m in May, against 9h 14m to 15h 07m 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. April66°19°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May72°22°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 63°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Barcelona sits, in May

Europe/Madrid
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:33 AMsets 9:02 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Torroja del Priorat116 km west

The land around Barcelona, 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 Spain in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Barcelona. 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 (30 m) against the climate model's (99 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 (30 m) against the climate model's (99 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.