Going from a maximum of +16°C during the day to a minimum of +12°C during the night, the temperature in May averages around +14°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 25% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +15°C to +16°C.
La Gomera is typically mild in May.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +12°C to +13°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +11°C to +12°C.
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 La Gomera:
April | May | June | ||||
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Avg. temperature | ||||||
+12°C | +13°C | +15°C | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+8°C | +9°C | +11°C | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+27°C | +31°C | +26°C | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
6 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
4 m/s | 4 m/s | 4 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
74% | 75% | 78% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1016 HPa | 1017 HPa | 1017 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
14 | 18 | 24 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
12 | 12 | 5 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
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 +12°C to +13°C during the day. As May arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 6 mm to 1 mm. Humidity rises from 74% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during May, staying around 4 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in May, from 14 to 18.
June brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 8 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in La Gomera is gradually increasing during May, going from 2 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in La Gomera in May has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1993 (+13°C) and the highest in 2020 (+18°C). The driest year was 1994 with only 20 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2010 with 252 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in La Gomera, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
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.