Seville in May
In May, Seville has 33.9 mm (1.33 in) of rain, a daily high of 27.8 °C (82.0 °F) and a daily low of 14.7 °C (58.5 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Seville: May meets our rule. Expect 4.2 rain days, 10.8 days of 30 °C or more and days that grow by 48 min.
What May is like in Seville
- Snails in a broth with cumin and mint turn up from April into early summer. Terraces fill up with them in Triana, the Arenal and the Macarena. Source: Visita Sevilla (Seville tourism), checked .
- Seville honours its patron, San Fernando, on 30 May. His incorrupt body, buried in the Cathedral, is put on view there that day. Source: Catedral de Sevilla (official site), checked .
- Each spring, the Pregón de las Glorias is given at the Jubilee altar of the Cathedral. The speech honours Mary, and a holy image presides over it. Source: Catedral de Sevilla (official site), checked .
Key figures
Weather in May, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 27.8 °C (82.0 °F)
- Daily low
- 14.7 °C (58.5 °F)
- Rain
- 33.9 mm (1.33 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- 324.9 h in the month
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Measured at Sevilla/San Pablo, 11 km east of the city centre point.
Daylight on 15 May 2026
- Sunrise
- 07:15 local time
- Sunset
- 21:26 local time
- Day length
- 14 h 11 min
Day length 1-31 May: 13 h 45 min to 14 h 33 min, +48 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 | 27.8 °C | 5th warmest |
| Daily low | 14.7 °C | equal 5th warmest |
| Rain | 33.9 mm | 5th driest |
| Sunshine | 324.9 hours | 4th sunniest |
| Day length | 14 h 11 min | 3rd longest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Sunshine share: 74% of the 439.8 hours from sunrise to sunset in May. How we compute sunshine share
Seville in May, on average: 4.2 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.0 frost days (low below 0 °C), 10.8 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 |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Labor Day |
| Thursday | Fiesta local (Seville city holiday) juntadeandalucia.es |
Typed from the official lists for 2026 and 2027 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 (juntadeandalucia.es) for 2026 and 2027, checked ; holidays Python library, checked . Library: holidays 0.105.
Same month in 20 cities
Seville is warmer than 17 of our 20 cities in May by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in May: Hiroshima (1.9 °C apart), Osaka (2.1), Tokyo (2.2).
| City | Gap from Seville, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seville (this page) | — | 27.8 | 14.7 | 33.9 | 324.9 |
| Hiroshima (closest) | 1.9 | 24.4 | 15.1 | 169.8 | 210.8 |
| Osaka (closest) | 2.1 | 24.9 | 16.0 | 136.5 | 203.7 |
| Tokyo (closest) | 2.2 | 23.6 | 14.6 | 139.7 | 179.6 |
| Los Angeles | 2.4 | 23.2 | 14.5 | 8.1 | no data |
| Barcelona | 2.8 | 22.2 | 14.7 | 41.9 | 240.7 |
| Rome | 3.3 | 23.4 | 12.6 | no data | no data |
| Madrid | 3.6 | 23.5 | 11.9 | 48.3 | no data |
| New York | 3.9 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 100.6 | no data |
| Chicago | 5.4 | 21.4 | 10.3 | 114.0 | no data |
| Hong Kong | 5.4 | 28.8 | 24.5 | 290.6 | 138.8 |
| Paris | 5.6 | 20.2 | 11.1 | 69.0 | 201.0 |
| Vienna | 5.6 | 20.7 | 10.7 | 78.9 | 248.3 |
| Buenos Aires | 6.0 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 93.5 | 157.4 |
| Berlin | 6.8 | 19.6 | 9.3 | 52.3 | 224.3 |
| Prague | 6.8 | 20.1 | 8.9 | 67.0 | 221.5 |
| Munich | 6.9 | 19.4 | 9.3 | 107.0 | 213.0 |
| London | 7.2 | 18.4 | 9.7 | 44.7 | no data |
| Singapore | 7.8 | 32.3 | 25.7 | 164.3 | no data |
| Amsterdam | 8.1 | 17.8 | 8.6 | 53.9 | 230.7 |
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. "Seville in May: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/seville/may/. Last updated 5 November 2026.