The temperature in May is +66°F on average, with a range between a maximum of +70°F during the day and a minimum of +63°F at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 75% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +64°F to +70°F.
Lanzarote is typically mild in May.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +64°F to +66°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +61°F to +63°F.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
Take a look at how May is compared to other months in Lanzarote:
April | May | June | ||||
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Avg. temperature | ||||||
+64°F | +66°F | +68°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+57°F | +57°F | +61°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+75°F | +73°F | +75°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
5 m/s | 5 m/s | 5 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
68% | 68% | 70% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1015 HPa | 1015 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
8 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
22 | 23 | 21 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
May weather is still as good as in April. It’s getting warmer as May arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +64°F to +66°F during the day. As May arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 4 mm to 1 mm. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 68%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during May, staying around 5 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 8 sunny days during the month.
June brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 5 m/s getting up to 9 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Lanzarote is gradually decreasing during May, going from 7 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Lanzarote in May has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+67°F) and the highest in 2012 (+77°F). The driest year was 1998 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2022 with 0 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Lanzarote, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.