Spain in May

May is Spain's best month (rank 1 of 12): its 33 destinations average 85/100, led by Las Palmas at 95 — 25°C and 2 rainy days — while Baqueira-Beret is cooler at 15°C and scores 30.

#1 of 12 months for Spain · 33 destinations · updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

🇪🇸 Spain, month by month

85/100 in May

Where in Spain in May

#	Place	Type	Feels-like high	Rain	Comfort	At its best
1	Las Palmas	City	25°C	8 mm · 2 days	95 tier S	Yes
2	Madrid	City	23°C	40 mm · 5 days	95 tier S	Yes
3	Ronda	City	22°C	49 mm · 6 days	94 tier S	Yes
4	Valencia	City	26°C	32 mm · 6 days	94 tier S	Yes
5	Barcelona	City	23°C	40 mm · 5 days	93 tier S	Yes
6	Salamanca	City	22°C	33 mm · 5 days	93 tier S	Yes
7	Tenerife	Island	28°C	7 mm · 1 day	93 tier S	—
8	Toledo	City	25°C	29 mm · 4 days	93 tier S	Yes
9	Granada	City	27°C	33 mm · 6 days	92 tier S	Yes
10	Picos de Europa	Trekking hub	19°C	83 mm · 14 days	92 tier S	Yes
11	Girona	City	25°C	76 mm · 8 days	91 tier S	Yes
12	Bilbao	City	21°C	75 mm · 11 days	90 tier S	Yes
13	Fuerteventura	Island	22°C	1 mm · 0 days	90 tier S	—
14	Lanzarote	Island	25°C	2 mm · 1 day	90 tier S	—
15	Seville	City	30°C	33 mm · 4 days	90 tier S	Yes
16	Córdoba, Spain	City	28°C	44 mm · 5 days	89 tier A	Yes
17	Málaga	Beach	26°C	29 mm · 3 days	89 tier A	—
18	Alicante	Beach	27°C	48 mm · 7 days	88 tier A	—
19	Nerja	Beach	25°C	25 mm · 5 days	88 tier A	—
20	Benidorm	Beach	25°C	40 mm · 6 days	87 tier A	—
21	Ibiza	Island	23°C	20 mm · 2 days	87 tier A	—
22	Palma	Beach	26°C	32 mm · 3 days	87 tier A	—
23	Cádiz	Beach	24°C	30 mm · 2 days	86 tier A	—
24	San Sebastián	City	20°C	116 mm · 13 days	86 tier A	Yes
25	Marbella	Beach	23°C	33 mm · 5 days	85 tier A	—
26	Santander	City	18°C	70 mm · 10 days	85 tier A	—
27	Tarifa	Beach	22°C	19 mm · 3 days	85 tier A	—
28	Santiago de Compostela	City	20°C	90 mm · 11 days	84 tier A	—
29	Menorca	Island	23°C	27 mm · 5 days	83 tier A	—
30	Tossa de Mar	Beach	23°C	59 mm · 9 days	82 tier A	—
31	Mundaka	Beach	19°C	94 mm · 14 days	76 tier B	—
32	Baqueira-Beret	Ski resort	15°C	153 mm · 21 days	30 tier F	—
33	Sierra Nevada	Ski resort	15°C	60 mm · 8 days	23 tier F	—

Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score; each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. "At its best" means May is one of that place's own top three months. Feels-like highs fold in humidity, wind and sun.

What's on in Spain in May

Feria de San Isidro, Las Ventas · Madrid · 5 May – 10 Jun (usually)
Fiestas de San Isidro · Madrid · 7–17 May
Orange blossom · Valencia · 20 Mar – 5 May (usually)
Whales and dolphins offshore · Tenerife · 1 Jan – 31 Dec
Dia de la Cruz · Granada · 1–5 May
Feria del Corpus · Granada · 30 May – 6 Jun
Temps de Flors · Girona · 9–17 May
Cantabrian anchovy season · Bilbao · 15 Mar – 15 Jun (usually)

Seasons in force

Wind season · 5 places Trail season · 4 places Summer season opens · 3 places Dust season · 2 places Foraging season · 2 places Off-season shutdown · 1 place

Peak crowds at 5 of Spain's 27 well-known places this month.

Other good months for Spain

June · 85/100 September · 84/100 April · 82/100 Weakest: December · 69/100

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