Alicante in May
Around 19.5 °C by day, sea 19.2 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 of 4.
May in Alicante is 19.5 °C by day and 19.2 °C in the sea. Eighteen degrees is the line at which people go in: May is the first swimming month here. Load is 3 out of 4.
May is the last quiet month before the season and the best time to walk the city. Alicante is rare on the Costa Blanca: a city where living without a car is comfortable, 5 out of 5. Most of its neighbours are stretched along a highway, where nothing works without one. That has to be tested on foot, and spring is when to do it: summer is hot and winter gets dark early. One more thing worth knowing: 34 rainy days a year, fewer than Málaga, Valencia or Barcelona, and a winter score of 5 out of 5 — the only five on this coast.
Towns nearby in May
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante | 19.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 251 |
| Torrevieja | 19.5 | 19.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 169 |
| Santa Pola | 19.5 | 19.1 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 486 |
| Dénia | 19.5 | 18.7 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 826 |
| El Campello | 19.5 | 19.2 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 2 906 |
| Calpe / Calp | 19.5 | 18.9 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 004 |
| Benidorm | 19.5 | 19.1 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3 079 |
| Orihuela Costa | 19.5 | 19.1 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3 348 |
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 34 rainy days a year, 65% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.