Cafayate weather in May

In May, Cafayate sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 2.8 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Cafayate's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafayate's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 12 mm; 2.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:58 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Cafayate is human settlement in Argentina.

Founded: 1840

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cafayate reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

How May really feels in Cafayate

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Cafayate weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 13°	128	17.8	0	13.4	5.6
Feb	22° / 13°	99	15.2	0	12.9	5.6
Mar	22° / 12°	71	12.2	0	12.2	6.3
Apr	21° / 10°	23	5	0	11.4	7.5
May	19° / 6°	12	2.8	0.3	10.7	7.5
Jun	17° / 3°	4	0.8	0.3	10.4	7.4
Jul	17° / 2°	4	1	0.7	10.5	7.1
Aug	19° / 4°	4	1.3	0.3	11.1	7.9
Sep	20° / 6°	10	2.9	0.4	11.8	7.9
Oct	22° / 9°	25	6.1	0.1	12.6	7.5
Nov	23° / 11°	52	10.5	0	13.3	6.8
Dec	24° / 13°	85	13.6	0	13.6	6.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	77	77	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Cafayate gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 2.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 9% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	13	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	0
6	13	0
7	13	0
8	13	0
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	8	1
17	8	1
18	7	1
19	7	2
20	7	2
21	6	2
22	6	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	4	1
28	4	1
29	4	1
30	4	1
31	4	1

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of May to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:50 AM to 8:06 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:06
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:50	6:52
2	11.0	7:51	6:51
3	11.0	7:51	6:50
4	11.0	7:52	6:50
5	10.9	7:52	6:49
6	10.9	7:53	6:48
7	10.9	7:53	6:48
8	10.9	7:54	6:47
9	10.9	7:55	6:46
10	10.8	7:55	6:45
11	10.8	7:56	6:45
12	10.8	7:56	6:44
13	10.8	7:57	6:44
14	10.8	7:57	6:43
15	10.7	7:58	6:43
16	10.7	7:58	6:42
17	10.7	7:59	6:41
18	10.7	7:59	6:41
19	10.7	8:00	6:40
20	10.7	8:01	6:40
21	10.6	8:01	6:40
22	10.6	8:02	6:39
23	10.6	8:02	6:39
24	10.6	8:03	6:38
25	10.6	8:03	6:38
26	10.6	8:04	6:38
27	10.6	8:04	6:37
28	10.5	8:05	6:37
29	10.5	8:05	6:37
30	10.5	8:06	6:37
31	10.5	8:06	6:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.41 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Cafayate

In seasonPeak

None of Cafayate's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Cafayate's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Cafayate?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Cafayate for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Cafayate in May

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

In May, Cafayate sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Cafayate in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cafayate peaks around January 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	16	14	9	7	6	5	8	11	15	15	16
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	15	Extreme
Dec	16	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Cafayate?

Cafayate sits at 26.1°S, 66.0°W, 1,625 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santa María, 69 km away.

Topography around Cafayate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cafayate has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m around an average of 1,643 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,941 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,705 m.

The land around Cafayate is covered by cropland (31%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), shrubs (30%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and bare terrain (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

334 m

cropland 31%

16 km

2,941 m

grassland 39%

80 km

4,705 m

grassland 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← April Cafayate year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Santa María 69 km · Tafí Viejo 102 km · Rosario de la Frontera 105 km · Yerba Buena 107 km · San Miguel de Tucuman 113 km · Alderetes 117 km · San José de Metán 119 km · Famaillá 123 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

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 Cafayate (-26.0729°, -65.9777°, elevation 1,625 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	13	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	0
6	13	0
7	13	0
8	13	0
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	8	1
17	8	1
18	7	1
19	7	2
20	7	2
21	6	2
22	6	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	4	1
28	4	1
29	4	1
30	4	1
31	4	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	13	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	0
6	13	0
7	13	0
8	13	0
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	8	1
17	8	1
18	7	1
19	7	2
20	7	2
21	6	2
22	6	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	4	1
28	4	1
29	4	1
30	4	1
31	4	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	18	6
18	18	6
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	18	4
31	18	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	77	23
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	13	0
2	13	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	0
6	13	0
7	13	0
8	13	0
9	12	1
10	12	1
11	11	1
12	11	1
13	10	1
14	9	1
15	9	1
16	8	1
17	8	1
18	7	1
19	7	2
20	7	2
21	6	2
22	6	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	4	1
28	4	1
29	4	1
30	4	1
31	4	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100