Italy
Amalfi Coast in May
🌷 SpringPleasant and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: light layers
Why May scores 9.5What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.8
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (19.8°C highs / 17.6°C lows)
- ✓Slightly humid (dew point 14.4°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~43 mm rain)
- Air quality9.3
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~9 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| May | Oct | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.5 Excellent | 9.5 Excellent |
| Season | 🌷 Spring | 🍂 Autumn |
| High / low | 20° / 18° | 22° / 20° |
| Rain | 43 mm | 65 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 14° | dew pt 16° |
| PM2.5 | 9 µg/m³ | 6 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsMay 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
Other public holidays: Labor Day (1 May)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore Amalfi CoastEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyA dramatic stretch of coastline south of Naples, with cliffside villages, lemon terraces, steep paths and boat trips on clear blue water.
No major events on our calendar for May.
Coming up later
Feast of Sant'AndreaEvery year27 June and 30 November every year
Amalfi honours its patron saint with processions, including a run of the statue up the cathedral steps.
Why go: The town centre is crowded during the procession.
Where: Amalfi
Ravello FestivalDate variesUsually July to early September
A music festival with concerts on a terrace stage overlooking the sea.
Why go: Book early for the open-air concerts.
Where: Villa Rufolo, Ravello
Positano
A village of pastel houses stacked on the cliffs down to a beach.
Amalfi town and Duomo
The coast's historic maritime republic, centred on the striped Cathedral of Sant'Andrea.
Ravello
A hilltop town with the gardens of Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone and wide sea views.
Path of the Gods (Sentiero degli Dei)great in May
A high walking path from Bomerano to Nocelle above Positano.
💡 Wear proper shoes and avoid midday heat; it is not suitable in heavy rain.
Fiordo di Furore
A narrow fjord-like inlet spanned by a road bridge, with a tiny beach below.
Boat trips
Ferries and private boats link the villages and run to Capri, avoiding the busy coastal road.
💡 Ferry services are reduced or suspended outside the main season and in rough seas.
Limoncello
A lemon liqueur made from the coast's thick-skinned Sfusato lemons.
Scialatielli ai frutti di mare
Thick fresh pasta with mixed seafood, a dish associated with the coast.
Delizia al limone
A lemon-cream-filled sponge dome dessert from the Sorrento and Amalfi area.
💡 Pastry shops
Colatura di alici
An amber anchovy sauce made in the fishing village of Cetara.
💡 Cetara and delicatessens
Sfogliatella Santa Rosa
A shell-shaped pastry with cream and sour cherries, created at a convent in Conca dei Marini.
Limoncello
Bottled limoncello in many sizes.
💡 Shops in Amalfi and Positano
Vietri ceramics
Brightly painted pottery from Vietri sul Mare at the eastern end of the coast.
💡 Vietri sul Mare and ceramic shops
Amalfi paper
Handmade cotton paper produced in Amalfi for centuries.
💡 Paper shops and the Paper Museum in Amalfi