Camping weather in Europe in May
In May 2020–2024 it was warmest in Alentejo (Portugal), averaging 25.3 °C in the daytime, and coolest in Lofoten (Norway) at 7.5 °C.
Algarve (Portugal) was the driest with 2 rain days, while Soča Valley (Slovenia) had the most: 18.
7 of 46 regions meet our rule for good camping weather in May, spread across Portugal, Spain and France.
All regions in May
Averages for May 2020–2024. Regions highlighted in green meet our rule for good camping weather: the average daytime high is between 20 and 30 °C and it rains on no more than 6 days in the month. After that they are sorted warmest first.
| Region | Day °C | Night °C | Rain days | Sun h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alentejo · Portugalgood camping weather | 25.3 | 12.9 | 3 | 11.9 |
| Andalusia/Costa del Sol · Spaingood camping weather | 24.8 | 16.5 | 3 | 12.3 |
| Northern Portugal · Portugalgood camping weather | 24.5 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| Algarve · Portugalgood camping weather | 24.4 | 15 | 2 | 12.6 |
| Costa Blanca · Spaingood camping weather | 22.7 | 16.3 | 4 | 12.4 |
| French Riviera · Francegood camping weather | 21.7 | 13.3 | 5 | 12 |
| Costa Brava · Spaingood camping weather | 21.3 | 14.5 | 6 | 12 |
| Sicily/Sardinia · Italy | 23.4 | 17.1 | 7 | 11.9 |
| Southern Dalmatia · Croatia | 23.4 | 15.1 | 10 | 11.5 |
| Pyrenees* · Spain | 22.5 | 9.8 | 8 | 12.2 |
| Provence · France | 22.5 | 11.3 | 8 | 11.6 |
| Tuscany · Italy | 21.9 | 13.6 | 7 | 11.7 |
| Amalfi Coast · Italy | 21.9 | 14.9 | 9 | 11.4 |
| Northern Dalmatia · Croatia | 21.7 | 14.2 | 7 | 11.9 |
| Lake Garda · Italy | 21.5 | 13.9 | 13 | 10.8 |
| Adriatic coast · Italy | 21.4 | 13.7 | 8 | 11.4 |
| Kvarner Bay · Croatia | 21.2 | 14.3 | 10 | 11.5 |
| Atlantic coast · France | 21.1 | 12.3 | 10 | 11.4 |
| Istria · Croatia | 20.7 | 14.1 | 10 | 11.7 |
| Adriatic coast · Slovenia | 20.7 | 14 | 11 | 11.6 |
| Silver Coast · Portugal | 19.8 | 14.4 | 5 | 12 |
| Vienna/Danube · Austria | 19.7 | 10.2 | 9 | 10.7 |
| Ljubljana/Karst · Slovenia | 19.6 | 9.1 | 15 | 10.1 |
| Carinthia · Austria | 18.9 | 9 | 14 | 9.8 |
| Lake Constance/Alps · Germany | 18.4 | 9.9 | 14 | 10.1 |
| Limburg · Netherlands | 18.3 | 8.7 | 10 | 10.9 |
| Soča Valley* · Slovenia | 18 | 9.6 | 18 | 9.8 |
| Julian Alps* · Slovenia | 17.9 | 9.3 | 16 | 9.5 |
| Veluwe · Netherlands | 17.7 | 8.4 | 11 | 11.2 |
| French Alps* · France | 17.7 | 8 | 14 | 10.6 |
| Tyrol* · Austria | 17.7 | 6.9 | 18 | 9.9 |
| Brittany · France | 17.5 | 11.3 | 9 | 12 |
| Salzkammergut · Austria | 17.3 | 7.3 | 16 | 9.2 |
| Baltic coast · Germany | 16 | 8.9 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Zeeland · Netherlands | 15.7 | 9.8 | 10 | 11.9 |
| Oslofjord · Norway | 15.5 | 7 | 8 | 12.8 |
| Bohuslän · Sweden | 15.4 | 7.6 | 8 | 12.9 |
| Öland · Sweden | 15.2 | 7.4 | 5 | 12.7 |
| Gotland · Sweden | 15.2 | 6.2 | 5 | 13.3 |
| Sørlandet · Norway | 14.9 | 7 | 9 | 12.3 |
| North Sea coast · Germany | 14.9 | 9.1 | 10 | 11.1 |
| Black Forest · Germany | 14.8 | 6.9 | 13 | 10.4 |
| Wadden coast · Netherlands | 14.2 | 10.2 | 9 | 12.1 |
| High Coast · Sweden | 12.3 | 3.5 | 4 | 13.6 |
| Fjord Norway* · Norway | 12 | 5 | 13 | 10 |
| Lofoten* · Norway | 7.5 | 3.5 | 13 | 10.5 |
* Mountain or fjord terrain: the weather model works in grid cells of up to about 30 km that also cover the surrounding mountains, so there may be more rain days than down in the valley.
Climate data: ERA5 (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, daily values 2020–2024 for one representative place per region. The weather model shows more days with light rain than are actually measured, so we count a rain day as a day with at least 2 mm in the model. That way the count matches, on average, the days with at least 1 mm of measured precipitation at 16 weather stations in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and France (SMHI, DWD, KNMI and Météo-France). Sunshine hours are calculated from solar radiation and may be somewhat higher than station values.
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