Ponta Delgada Weather in May
Average highs run from 17°C on May 1 to 19°C on May 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 40 mm over about 9 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 18°C
- Average low
- 16°C
- Precipitation
- 40 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 22°CMay 31, 2004
- Reanalysis low
- 13°CMay 3, 1993
- Daylight
- 13 h 46 min to 14 h 35 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 14°C
- Wind
- 22.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 13°C 2011 | 27% |
| May 2 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 14°C 2011 | 28% |
| May 3 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1999 | 13°C 1993 | 28% |
| May 4 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 14°C 1993 | 30% |
| May 5 | 17°C | 16°C | 20°C 2007 | 14°C 1993 | 30% |
| May 6 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 14°C 1993 | 30% |
| May 7 | 17°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 14°C 1994 | 31% |
| May 8 | 18°C | 16°C | 19°C 1995 | 14°C 1996 | 31% |
| May 9 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 1998 | 32% |
| May 10 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 2010 | 31% |
| May 11 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 1993 | 33% |
| May 12 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 2013 | 33% |
| May 13 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 1996 | 34% |
| May 14 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 15°C 2013 | 33% |
| May 15 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 1996 | 33% |
| May 16 | 18°C | 16°C | 20°C 1995 | 14°C 1992 | 32% |
| May 17 | 18°C | 16°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 1996 | 31% |
| May 18 | 18°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 14°C 1996 | 30% |
| May 19 | 18°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 14°C 1992 | 29% |
| May 20 | 18°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 14°C 1992 | 29% |
| May 21 | 18°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 1994 | 29% |
| May 22 | 18°C | 17°C | 20°C 1995 | 15°C 1994 | 28% |
| May 23 | 18°C | 17°C | 20°C 1995 | 15°C 1994 | 29% |
| May 24 | 18°C | 17°C | 20°C 1995 | 15°C 1993 | 30% |
| May 25 | 19°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 1993 | 29% |
| May 26 | 19°C | 17°C | 20°C 1995 | 16°C 2016 | 28% |
| May 27 | 19°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 2016 | 28% |
| May 28 | 19°C | 17°C | 20°C 2004 | 15°C 2016 | 26% |
| May 29 | 19°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 1994 | 27% |
| May 30 | 19°C | 17°C | 21°C 1995 | 15°C 1994 | 28% |
| May 31 | 19°C | 17°C | 22°C 2004 | 15°C 1996 | 28% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- May 1
- sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 8:33 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 8:58 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.