Hot in May
28°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 7 in 10 days
Spain
Málaga & Costa del Sol weather in May
Is it warm? Mostly. May in Málaga & Costa del Sol is mild: afternoons average 24°C and nights 16°C. Most days (80%) peak between 20°C and 28°C.
Mild · average high
24°C
25°C or more on about three in ten days; 20°C or more on about nine in ten days.
- Average low16°overnight
- Sea19°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days323 mm in the month
- SkySome cloud37% cloud · 48% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every May afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 20° and 28°.
May, year by year
The average May high in each year. The warmest, 2022, averaged 26°C; the coolest, 2013, 21°C.
Compared with home
Average May highs. Expect rain on about 3 days (23 mm in a typical month).
- Málaga & Costa del Sol24°
- London17°
- Manchester16°
- Cork15°
- Dublin15°
- Glasgow15°
- Belfast14°
Warmer in May, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Málaga & Costa del Sol is about 2h 45m.
Hot in May
30°C average high
avg high · 14° at night
25°C+ on 8 in 10 days
Warm in May
25°C average high
avg high · 16° at night
25°C+ on 5 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