May Weather on the Azores & Madeira Islands:
Average Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine and Humidity

The tables below list the normal May temperatures and rainfall on Portugal's Azores & Madeira Islands.

There's also information here on this month's average sunshine and humidity at cities on the Azores Islands.

All the numbers are averages from decades of weather data.

Temperature

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Island Place High °C Low °C
Azores
66 57 Faia Horta 19 14
67 57 Flores Santa Cruz 19 14
67 57 Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 20 14
66 56 São Miguel Ponta Delgada 19 13
65 56 Terceira Angra do Heroísmo 19 13
Madeira
70 59 Madeira Funchal 21 15
69 59 Porto Santo Porto Santo 21 15

Rainfall

Average monthly precipitation in May
Days Island Place Inches Milli­metres
Azores
9 Faia Horta 2.2 56
10 Flores Santa Cruz 3.8 96
5 Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 1.2 30
9 São Miguel Ponta Delgada 2.5 64
9 Terceira Angra do Heroísmo 2.3 60
Madeira
4 Madeira Funchal 1.2 30
Porto Santo Porto Santo 0.6 14

Sunshine

Total May sunshine
Azores Island Place Hours
Faia Horta 182
São Miguel Ponta Delgada 174
Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 218

Humidity

Average relative humidity (%) in May
Azores Island Place Humidity
Faia Horta 81
São Miguel Ponta Delgada 80
Santa Maria Vila Do Porto 75
References

Instituto de Meteorologia, IP Portugal. Normais Climatológicas 71-00.

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

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