Benito Juárez weather in May

In May, Benito Juárez sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 41 mm of rain across 5.3 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Benito Juárez's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benito Juárez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
9th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
5.3 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
7:56 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
60%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
2.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Benito Juárez reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

10°15°20°25°151015202531
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1188
2188
3188
4188
5178
6178
7178
8177
9177
10177
11177
12167
13167
14167
15167
16167
17167
18166
19156
20156
21156
22156
23156
24156
25156
26145
27145
28145
29145
30145
31145

How May really feels in Benito Juárez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Benito Juárez weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 15°889.714.36.8
Feb26° / 14°687.613.57.1
Mar24° / 13°727.712.37.4
Apr20° / 687.711.16.7
May16° / 415.3105.4
Jun13° / 375.19.43.8
Jul12° / 416.19.73.4
Aug14° / 545.610.54.6
Sep16° / 587.311.75.4
Oct19° / 869.3136.2
Nov23° / 10°919.8147.0
Dec26° / 13°828.614.67.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34753
44753
54753
64654
74654
84654
94555
104555
114555
124456
134555
144357
154357
164456
174357
184357
194258
204357
214357
224258
234258
244258
254357
264357
274357
284456
294456
304555
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Benito Juárez gets around 41 mm of rain over 5.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
120
220
319
419
518
617
717
816
916
1016
1116
1216
1316
1416
1516
1617
1717
1817
1917
2018
2118
2218
2318
2418
2518
2617
2717
2817
2916
3016
3116

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
188102
288102
388102
488102
588102
68992
78992
88992
98992
108992
119082
129082
139082
149082
159082
169082
179181
189181
199181
209271
219271
229271
239271
249361
259361
269451
279451
289451
299640
309640
319730

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

05101520151015202531
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2515light breeze
2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 5:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:436:10
210.47:436:09
310.47:446:08
410.47:456:07
510.37:466:06
610.37:476:05
710.37:486:04
810.27:496:02
910.27:506:01
1010.27:516:00
1110.17:525:59
1210.17:535:58
1310.17:535:57
1410.07:545:57
1510.07:555:56
1610.07:565:55
179.97:575:54
189.97:585:53
199.97:595:52
209.98:005:52
219.88:005:51
229.88:015:50
239.88:025:49
249.88:035:49
259.78:045:48
269.78:045:48
279.78:055:47
289.78:065:46
299.78:075:46
309.68:075:45
319.68:085:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

0123151015202531
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.9Moderate
22.8Moderate
32.8Moderate
42.8Moderate
52.7Moderate
62.7Moderate
72.7Moderate
82.6Moderate
92.6Moderate
102.6Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.4Moderate
162.4Moderate
172.4Moderate
182.3Moderate
192.3Moderate
202.3Moderate
212.3Moderate
222.2Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.1Moderate
282.1Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Benito Juárez?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Benito Juárez for sightseeing.

What to pack for Benito Juárez in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Benito Juárez sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Benito Juárez in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Benito Juárez peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeDec 21UV 12Jun 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr6High
May3Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Benito Juárez?

Benito Juárez sits at 37.7°S, 59.8°W, 219 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Tandil, 70 km away.

Topography around Benito Juárez

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Benito Juárez.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benito Juárez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 211 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Benito Juárez is covered by grassland (63%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
433 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Tandil 70 km · Tres Arroyos 89 km · Olavarría 98 km · Azul 100 km · Ayacucho 130 km · Necochea 135 km · Balcarce 138 km · Coronel Pringles 140 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,898
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
14.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 575
Religion
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Benito Juárez (-37.6719°, -59.8065°, elevation 219 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).