Shoulder season. May is a solid shoulder-season choice for Madeira. In May, Madeira averages 17°C, with about 12 hours of sunshine a day and roughly 1.6 rainy days a week. Here's what those numbers mean for a trip.
That's close to Madeira's yearly average temperature.
Pack layers — warm days, cooler evenings — plus light rain cover.
May is a solid shoulder-season choice for Madeira. It averages 17°C with 12 hours of sun a day and about 1.6 rainy days a week.
Madeira averages 17°C in May, based on roughly twenty years of climate records.
Expect about 1.6 rainy days a week in May, with 12 hours of sunshine a day on average.