Hot in May
28°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 7 in 10 days
Canary Islands, Spain
Gran Canaria weather in May
Is it warm? Yes. May in Gran Canaria is warm: afternoons average 25°C and nights 18°C. Most days (80%) peak between 22°C and 28°C.
Warm · average high
25°C
25°C or more on about three in ten days; 20°C or more on almost every day.
- Average low18°overnight
- Sea22°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days14 mm in the month
- SkySome cloud31% cloud · 53% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every May afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 22° and 28°.
May, year by year
The average May high in each year. The warmest, 2021, averaged 26°C; the coolest, 2016, 22°C.
Compared with home
Average May highs. Rain is rare: less than one wet day in a typical month.
- Gran Canaria25°
- London17°
- Manchester16°
- Cork15°
- Dublin15°
- Glasgow15°
- Belfast14°
Warmer in May, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Gran Canaria is about 4h.
Hot in May
30°C average high
avg high · 14° at night
25°C+ on 8 in 10 days
Warm in May
26°C average high
avg high · 17° at night
25°C+ on 6 in 10 days
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology