Madrid in May
In May, Madrid has 48.3 mm (1.90 in) of rain, a daily high of 23.5 °C (74.3 °F) and a daily low of 11.9 °C (53.4 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: May meets our rule. Expect 6.8 rain days, 3.5 days of 30 °C or more and days that grow by 55 min.
What May is like in Madrid
- On 15 May, San Isidro's feast day, people spend the day on the Pradera de San Isidro. Women wear Manila shawls; men wear a waistcoat and a flat cap. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- Around 15 May, people eat rosquillas beside the hermitage of San Isidro, with water from the saint's spring. The ones called listas wear a lemon glaze. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- In May, a girl sits quite still on an altar of plants near the Plaza de Lavapiés. She plays the part of the Maya. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- Pottery and ceramics fill the Plaza de las Comendadoras around 15 May, at a fair that goes with the San Isidro fiestas. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- Thousands of rose bushes flower in May and June in the Rosaleda of the Retiro. The rose garden was laid out by the city gardener Cecilio Rodríguez. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
Key figures
Weather in May, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 23.5 °C (74.3 °F)
- Daily low
- 11.9 °C (53.4 °F)
- Rain
- 48.3 mm (1.90 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 May 2026
- Sunrise
- 06:59 local time
- Sunset
- 21:24 local time
- Day length
- 14 h 26 min
Day length 1-31 May: 13 h 56 min to 14 h 51 min, +55 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | May | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 23.5 °C | 5th warmest |
| Daily low | 11.9 °C | 5th warmest |
| Rain | 48.3 mm | 3rd wettest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 14 h 26 min | 3rd longest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in May, on average: 6.8 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.0 frost days (low below 0 °C), 3.5 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Friday | Labor Day |
| Saturday | Madrid Day (Madrid region holiday) |
| Friday | San Isidro Labrador (Madrid city holiday) |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Labor Day |
| Saturday | San Isidro Labrador (Madrid city holiday) |
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
English names are from the holidays library where the official list gives none. How we check holidays
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 13 of our 20 cities in May by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in May: Rome (0.4 °C apart), New York (1.3), Tokyo (1.4).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 23.5 | 11.9 | 48.3 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 0.4 | 23.4 | 12.6 | no data | no data |
| New York (closest) | 1.3 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 100.6 | no data |
| Tokyo (closest) | 1.4 | 23.6 | 14.6 | 139.7 | 179.6 |
| Los Angeles | 1.5 | 23.2 | 14.5 | 8.1 | no data |
| Chicago | 1.9 | 21.4 | 10.3 | 114.0 | no data |
| Vienna | 2.0 | 20.7 | 10.7 | 78.9 | 248.3 |
| Barcelona | 2.1 | 22.2 | 14.7 | 41.9 | 240.7 |
| Hiroshima | 2.1 | 24.4 | 15.1 | 169.8 | 210.8 |
| Paris | 2.1 | 20.2 | 11.1 | 69.0 | 201.0 |
| Buenos Aires | 2.5 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 93.5 | 157.4 |
| Osaka | 2.8 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 136.5 | 203.7 |
| Prague | 3.2 | 20.1 | 8.9 | 67.0 | 221.5 |
| Berlin | 3.3 | 19.6 | 9.3 | 52.3 | 224.3 |
| Munich | 3.4 | 19.4 | 9.3 | 107.0 | 213.0 |
| Seville | 3.6 | 27.8 | 14.7 | 33.9 | 324.9 |
| London | 3.7 | 18.4 | 9.7 | 44.7 | no data |
| Amsterdam | 4.5 | 17.8 | 8.6 | 53.9 | 230.7 |
| Hong Kong | 9.0 | 28.8 | 24.5 | 290.6 | 138.8 |
| Singapore | 11.3 | 32.3 | 25.7 | 164.3 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
- holidays Python library, run locally. Attribution: holidays library, Vacanza team. Licence: MIT. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in May: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/may/. Last updated 5 November 2026.