Caucete weather in May

In May, Caucete sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Caucete's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caucete's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 13 mm; 3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 8:18 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Caucete is city and capital of the Caucete departament, province of San Juan, Argentina.

Density: 4/km²; people per km²

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 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Caucete reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 3°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

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

How May really feels in Caucete

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.

Caucete weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	69	11.5	13.8	3.7
Feb	31° / 19°	55	8.6	13.2	4.7
Mar	29° / 17°	46	7.5	12.2	6.5
Apr	24° / 12°	24	4.1	11.2	8.3
May	20° / 7°	13	3	10.4	7.6
Jun	17° / 4°	6	1.4	10	6.8
Jul	16° / 3°	7	2	10.1	6.5
Aug	19° / 5°	9	2.1	10.8	7.9
Sep	23° / 9°	16	2.9	11.8	8.5
Oct	27° / 13°	23	3.8	12.8	8.0
Nov	30° / 16°	34	6.2	13.6	5.8
Dec	32° / 19°	53	8.6	14	4.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	71	70	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	69	68	68	69	69	69	71	71	72
Cloudier (%)	29	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	31	31	31	29	29	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Caucete gets around 13 mm of rain over 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 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7

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

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 99% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:34 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)	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:27
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	8:07	6:54
2	10.7	8:08	6:53
3	10.7	8:08	6:52
4	10.7	8:09	6:51
5	10.7	8:10	6:50
6	10.6	8:11	6:49
7	10.6	8:11	6:48
8	10.6	8:12	6:47
9	10.6	8:13	6:46
10	10.5	8:13	6:46
11	10.5	8:14	6:45
12	10.5	8:15	6:44
13	10.5	8:16	6:43
14	10.4	8:16	6:43
15	10.4	8:17	6:42
16	10.4	8:18	6:41
17	10.4	8:18	6:40
18	10.3	8:19	6:40
19	10.3	8:20	6:39
20	10.3	8:20	6:39
21	10.3	8:21	6:38
22	10.3	8:22	6:38
23	10.2	8:22	6:37
24	10.2	8:23	6:36
25	10.2	8:24	6:36
26	10.2	8:24	6:36
27	10.2	8:25	6:35
28	10.2	8:26	6:35
29	10.1	8:26	6:34
30	10.1	8:27	6:34
31	10.1	8:27	6:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.43 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)	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Caucete?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Caucete in May

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

In May, Caucete sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Caucete in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caucete peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

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)	14	13	11	6	4	3	4	5	7	11	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Caucete?

Caucete sits at 31.7°S, 68.3°W, 592 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santa Lucía, 24 km away.

Topography around Caucete

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caucete has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 574 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 827 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,665 m.

The land around Caucete is covered by cropland (40%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

9 m

cropland 40%

16 km

827 m

shrubs 51%

80 km

3,665 m

shrubs 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: Santa Lucía 24 km · Rawson 26 km · San Juan 26 km · Pocito 29 km · Chimbas 30 km · Villa Paula de Sarmiento 30 km · Villa General San Martín 33 km · Albardón 33 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 Caucete (-31.6515°, -68.2822°, elevation 592 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	22	10
2	22	9
3	22	9
4	22	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	21	9
8	21	9
9	21	9
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	19	7
19	19	7
20	19	7
21	19	7
22	19	6
23	19	6
24	19	6
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0