ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · Orlando

Orlando in May

Hot and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Orlando is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Orlando is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
13h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Orlando?

May sits outside Orlando's best months, which run from November to February. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

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 89°F in May, against 73°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 23°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in May, against 18% to 79% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in May, against 39% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

13h 33m in May, against 10h 22m to 13h 55m 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. April84°29°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May89°32°low 69°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June91°33°low 74°low 23°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Orlando sits, in May

America/New York
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:36 AMsets 8:08 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Palm Beach241 km south-east

The land around Orlando, 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 United States in May

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Orlando. 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.