Milan in May 2025 – Is it worth it? Weather and reviews, air temperature, how to dress, prices in hotels and excursions. What to see in Milan in early May and the end of spring, where to go with the children and go in the vicinity, EUROTRAVER found out.
If you are an experienced traveler and often visited many large cities in Europe, then you know, spring is the best time for a tourist trip. In particular, its climax is May!
When it heats so much in the air that there is no longer a need to wear really warm things, and nature is at the peak of flowering. When there are many tourists around, but not too much, and prices are high, but still not maximum.
Where exactly to go? Here, much depends on the preferences and where you were before.
We made Milan in May the hero of this story. The city is huge and somewhat musk, always hurrying somewhere. And therefore, who managed to disappoint a considerable number of travelers, primarily striving for calm!
However, who in his right mind refuses to see the main attractions of Milan and his duo? And also run out Go through boutiques and large stores, which collect so many (interesting) things?
In general, we definitely vote for a trip to Milan. Especially in May!
Why should it go to it not during summer sales in Milan, to which only a month and a half? Or at least in the final month of summer, when is the probability of dry and clear weather maximum? Now we will tell you!
Weather in Milan in May
It has one serious drawback that turns a lot of tourists from visiting the capital of Lombardy at this time – it is rainy. According to many years of statistics, May is the most unbearable month of the year in Milan. And this, of course, scares away tourists aimed at many hours of city excursions.
However, but at the very beginning of May it became warm in Milan. The air temperature rises during the day to +20 and even +22-23 ° C even before the expiration of the first decade of the month.
Usually she does this not on an ongoing basis! So Milan, until mid-May, observes the periods of either very warm, then somewhat cooler weather with temperatures up to +15-17 ° C.
At night, the atmosphere up to the 20s does not warm up above +14-15 ° C. That is, usually in the dark, they do not leave the range +10-13 ° C at all.
At the end of May, a real turning point in weather moods comes in Milan. In the afternoon, street thermometers show up to +27-29 ° C. And tourists begin to exhaust from the heat, if they are imprudent to see the city center in the afternoon hours.
At night and in this period it is cooler: not higher than +16-17 ° C, sometimes less. Accordingly, if you hardly digest hot weather, then rebuild your route of movements around the city so that their main part is in the morning and evening hours.
In the afternoon, you can well explore the collections of art galleries. With pleasure, to wander for hours under the shady and cool arches of a huge cathedral, to study the great canvases in the Brera Pinakotek. Or get lost in the halls of her much less famous colleague, Ambrosiana Pinakothek – Ambrosiana.it.
Precipitation
Rains do not go every day, but stand out with the base volumes. So you should not get acquainted with the weather forecast and do not dress in water -repellent clothes, how you risk urgently interrupting your city tour in order to change.
The average monthly rainfall in Milan in May exceeds 110-120 mm per month, and this is really a lot. The average number of inconspicuous days per month is 7-8. Which, judging by the reviews, but no one has created insoluble problems for anyone!
Humidity in this case is in a reasonable framework and does not so often exceed 70%. As a result, even in warm weather and after heavy rain in the city, there is fresh, no stuffiness.
- Weather forecast in Milan for the next 3 days can be seen here-Meteoam.it/meteo-citta/milano
How to dress
You will not need too warm things, but take a cloak and windbreaker, an umbrella and even rubber shoes with you – you need to. After all, this is the only way you can implement your excursion plans into life without looking back at the weather.
We will advise you to dress on a trip to the May Milan in the clothes of juicy, bright colors. Not in order to stand out from the crowd, but mainly to raise the mood. Indeed, on a cloudy unbearable day, things of warm and sunny tones cheer up!
The Italians themselves, by the way, prefer to dress in clothes of traditional colors – in particular, they love black very much. Which, of course, at first greatly surprises a foreign tourist representing Italy as an exclusively cheerful country saturated with the sun. But then understanding comes – because in fact it is very stylish!
Prices 2025
Milan is a city popular among tourists and shopaholics. Therefore, counting on low prices in hotels is not worth a priori.
However, if you arrive at Milan not at the start of sales or, for example, in the summer months, you can save a little. In particular, for ~ 100 € per day (city taxes are not included, and this is at least 4-5 euros per person/day)-it will be possible to rent a room in a good hotel or apartments in the port of Porta-Vitoria, which is only 1.5 km from the center.
The hotels and apartments are a little more for living next to the central station of Milan. Or, for example, their colleagues in the area of the garibaldi port, famous for their clubs and restaurants.
We will advise travelers in cars to pay attention to the excellent inexpensive Neo Hotel in the Milan suburb (Bresso). Serving their own extensive parking and serving guests breakfasts that are “beautiful.” And, note, while included in the price of residence!
For a 2-hour walk around Milan with a guide, you will pay from 40-50 €. The same money will cost a tour of places related to Leonardo da Vinci.
The bicycle walk will somewhat expand your idea of Milan. But it is already worth it – 200 € per group up to 6 people. A similar amount of a couple of travelers will have to be given for excursion support during the trip, for example, to Lake Como.
Transport
In the case of poor weather in May in Milan, it has a direct sense to interspersed hiking with trips by public transport. Which is represented by both the subway, and by bus and tram routes.
Few people know that trams are generally a kind of symbol of Milan and one of his attractions. They first took to the streets of the city in 1924!
Until now, more than 100 wagons released about 100 years ago work on regular lines. And you can ride on such rare transport, just by buying a regular ticket worth 1.5 €.
To save on the road, you can also buy a ticket for:
- 10 trips – Carnet 10 Viaggi for 13.80 €
- For 24 hours – Biglietto Giornaliero for 4.5 €
- At 48 hours – Biglietto Bigiornaliero for 8.25 €
- for a week (no more than 2 times a day for 6 days) – Settimanale 2 × 6 – 10 €.
What to do
Someone claims that there are not so many attractions in the second largest Italian city. But we boldly claim that there will probably be enough interesting places in Milan to completely seize the attention of a tourist of the day for 3-4 at least.
Naturally, the first movement that a tourist arriving in the capital of Lombardy will make is going to inspect the grandiose Milan Cathedral. Created not just by the works of several generations – it was built for several centuries. Should it be surprised that in the end it turned out to be such a grandiose and unique structure?
In the Royal Palace, which arranged right there in the square, the Duomo Museum is lodging. Well, behind the pompous arch hides the incredible Gallery of Wittorio Emanuel II, on the sides of which are the most expensive boutiques of the city.
On the other side of the famous gallery is placed in appearance, but completely amazing inside the opera theater of La Scala. Which we will definitely advise you to visit on one of those May evenings when the soul longs for something original and beautiful.
Also in the list of places required to visit are habitually appearing:
- Basilica Santa Maria Delle-grace, amazing in itself, but became world famous thanks to the fresco of Leonardo
- Pinakotek Brera, Main Art Museum
- Castello Sforzesko, the harsh castle of the former rulers of the city, Dukes of Sforza and Visconti. Suppressing with its gloomy greatness, but storing inside the amazing unfinished Pieta Rondanini work Michelangelo.
If possible, we recommend that you pay a piece of your attention and Biblioteca Pinacoteca Accademia Ambrosiana. Relatively little -known, but possessing a beautiful collection of paintings to the museum.
Next to this Pinakotek, Chiesa di San Sepolcro settled, which definitely deserves the attention of a traveler. Its facade was converted in the 19th century in a neo-Romanian style, but the sculptures of the 15th and 16th centuries were preserved inside. Open for visitors and crypt, dating from the 11th century, is one of the oldest churches in Milan!
Inquisitive adults, and – especially – children – guaranteed to appeal (in the reviews of this, there is no shadow of doubt) in the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci. Where are projects and even models that the greatest genius of mankind worked on.
Shoping
It is very difficult to come to Milan, the capital of world fashion, and not making purchases there. So citizens who do not even consider themselves to be shopping and outside the period of sales in Italy will probably succumb to the temptation.
The owners of an impressive bank account can look into the Golden Square, go through expensive boutiques on Via Monte Napoleone. Well, to those who look at the world more soberly and are not ready to lay out crazy money for clothes, we will advise you to look into stores on VIA Dante. Or go along Corsos Buenos Aires, where, in addition, supermarkets selling products will be found.
Do you want to try traditional Italian dishes? And also to buy souvenirs from Italy as a keepsake?
Where to go
If you have 1-2 days of free time, then in May you definitely go somewhere from Milan. For example, on the Pri Alpine lakes of Como or Garda, because in the end of spring, surrounded by fresh greenery of mountain forests and meadows, they are especially impressive. And how beautiful and fresh a wonderful sirmion, decorated with a lock of Scaligers!
Do not forget that on Lake Gardi there is a Park of Gardland attractions. A visit to which will delight any child and most adults.
A tour is designed for full daylight hours, providing for a visit to Lake Como and a trip to Bernina Express in Switzerland. And this will be an unforgettable experience – in just a few hours it will move from the heart of a huge city to the kingdom of mountains and glaciers
The idea looks great – to go in 1 day to see Bergamo. A small and very beautiful city located only 50 km north of Milan.
Also, in just 1.5 hours you can get by train to Verona. Where, in addition to the Roman arena, which is inferior to the coliseum, and Juliet’s houses can be seen by a lot of all interesting things.
Well, the most active travelers may decide to get by train from Milan to Venice. Although let’s say right away that such a trip needs to be planned only if you have 2-3 days of free time.
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