Bilbao climate

Bilbao Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Bilbao, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 12°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 12 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bilbao, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CMay 25, 2005
Reanalysis low
8°CMay 17, 2013
Daylight
14 h 08 min to 15 h 09 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
79%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
15.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 116°C12°C22°C 20059°C 199146%
May 216°C12°C27°C 19978°C 200146%
May 316°C12°C24°C 20089°C 199145%
May 416°C12°C25°C 20209°C 199144%
May 516°C12°C23°C 19958°C 201943%
May 616°C12°C22°C 20119°C 199142%
May 716°C12°C23°C 20088°C 200142%
May 817°C12°C22°C 20208°C 199140%
May 917°C12°C23°C 201210°C 200440%
May 1017°C13°C27°C 201210°C 199139%
May 1117°C13°C23°C 199910°C 199139%
May 1217°C13°C22°C 200710°C 201039%
May 1317°C13°C26°C 199210°C 201038%
May 1417°C13°C23°C 20069°C 201038%
May 1517°C13°C24°C 200210°C 199137%
May 1617°C13°C27°C 200210°C 199135%
May 1717°C13°C25°C 20068°C 201335%
May 1817°C13°C23°C 200410°C 199635%
May 1918°C13°C24°C 200410°C 199635%
May 2018°C13°C24°C 200410°C 201335%
May 2118°C13°C23°C 201710°C 199335%
May 2218°C14°C24°C 199511°C 199634%
May 2318°C14°C23°C 199311°C 201334%
May 2418°C14°C23°C 201010°C 201335%
May 2518°C14°C28°C 200510°C 201334%
May 2618°C14°C26°C 20059°C 201334%
May 2719°C14°C27°C 200512°C 200733%
May 2819°C14°C26°C 200111°C 201333%
May 2919°C14°C25°C 200111°C 201334%
May 3019°C15°C27°C 199612°C 201334%
May 3119°C15°C24°C 202012°C 201335%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Bilbao, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

May 1
sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 9:13 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 9:44 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.