🇨🇭 Weather in Lugano in May
This is what the weather in Lugano (Ticino, Switzerland) was like in May in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
17.6 °C
15.3 °C – 20.1 °C
Avg. night-time low
9.7 °C
6.5 °C – 11.9 °C
Avg. rain days in period
18.1
58 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
144 mm
78.9 mm – 284 mm
Avg. cloud cover
74 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 28.4 °C (21 May 2022) · Lowest temperature 0.5 °C (6 May 2019) · Avg. daily peak wind 13 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 17Sunny
- 67Partly cloudy
- 45Cloudy
- 91Light rain
- 90Rain
Summary
- On average 17.6 °C during the day and 9.7 °C at night.
- On average 18.1 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Light rain.
- Warmest year: 2022 (avg. 20.1 °C), coolest: 2019 (avg. 15.3 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (284 mm), driest: 2026 (78.9 mm).
- Extremes: 28.4 °C on 21 May 2022 and 0.5 °C on 6 May 2019.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max18.7°Avg. min10.9°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 78.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 61 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.4 °C · Min 2.5 °C
2025
Avg. max17.9°Avg. min9.9°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 186 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 73 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.3 °C · Min 6.2 °C
2024
Avg. max16.2°Avg. min10.0°- Rain days
- 27 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 284 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 85 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 21.2 °C · Min 5.9 °C
2023
Avg. max17.4°Avg. min10.1°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 190 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 80 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.3 °C · Min 6.1 °C
2022
Avg. max20.1°Avg. min11.9°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 95.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.4 °C · Min 5.4 °C
2021
Avg. max15.6°Avg. min6.8°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 118 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.8 °C · Min 1.4 °C
2020
Avg. max18.6°Avg. min10.0°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 132 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 23.6 °C · Min 5.1 °C
2019
Avg. max15.3°Avg. min6.5°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 103 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.6 °C · Min 0.5 °C
2018
Avg. max18.0°Avg. min11.4°- Rain days
- 25 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 149 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 82 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 22.7 °C · Min 5.7 °C
2017
Avg. max18.2°Avg. min9.7°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 105 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 69 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.9 °C · Min 2.4 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Lugano in May?
- Daytime highs averaged 17.6 °C, night-time lows 9.7 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 28.4 °C (21 May 2022), the lowest 0.5 °C (6 May 2019).
- How often does it rain in Lugano in May?
- On average there were 18.1 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 144 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)