Chilecito weather in May

In May, Chilecito sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 288 mm of precipitation across 18 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of May to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chilecito's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chilecito's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 288 mm; 18 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:10 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Chilecito is town in La Rioja Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1715

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 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Chilecito reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°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)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Chilecito 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	24° / 16°	348	24.4	0	13.7	4.8
Feb	23° / 15°	314	20.4	0	13	5.0
Mar	22° / 14°	367	23.2	0	12.2	4.8
Apr	20° / 11°	322	19.9	0.2	11.3	5.0
May	17° / 8°	288	18	1	10.6	4.7
Jun	16° / 5°	171	12.5	1.6	10.2	4.9
Jul	15° / 3°	133	10.6	3.1	10.3	4.8
Aug	17° / 5°	140	10.7	2.9	11	5.7
Sep	18° / 8°	224	14.1	1.9	11.8	5.8
Oct	21° / 11°	310	19.6	0.3	12.7	5.3
Nov	22° / 14°	334	21.6	0	13.5	5.0
Dec	24° / 15°	299	22.5	0	13.8	5.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 44%.

	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 (%)	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	53	54	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	61	61
Cloudier (%)	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	46	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Chilecito gets around 288 mm of rain and snow over 18 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 58% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	52
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	1
2	62	1
3	62	1
4	62	1
5	62	1
6	61	1
7	61	1
8	61	2
9	60	2
10	60	2
11	60	2
12	60	2
13	59	2
14	59	2
15	59	3
16	58	3
17	58	3
18	58	3
19	57	4
20	57	4
21	56	4
22	56	5
23	56	5
24	56	5
25	55	5
26	55	5
27	54	6
28	54	6
29	53	6
30	53	6
31	52	5

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 (%)	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
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 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 10 h 54 min at the start of May to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:00 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 6:54 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)	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:14	8:15	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:18	8:19
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:00	6:54
2	10.9	8:01	6:53
3	10.8	8:02	6:52
4	10.8	8:02	6:51
5	10.8	8:03	6:51
6	10.8	8:04	6:50
7	10.7	8:04	6:49
8	10.7	8:05	6:48
9	10.7	8:05	6:47
10	10.7	8:06	6:47
11	10.7	8:07	6:46
12	10.6	8:07	6:45
13	10.6	8:08	6:45
14	10.6	8:09	6:44
15	10.6	8:09	6:43
16	10.5	8:10	6:43
17	10.5	8:10	6:42
18	10.5	8:11	6:41
19	10.5	8:12	6:41
20	10.5	8:12	6:40
21	10.4	8:13	6:40
22	10.4	8:14	6:39
23	10.4	8:14	6:39
24	10.4	8:15	6:38
25	10.4	8:15	6:38
26	10.4	8:16	6:38
27	10.3	8:16	6:37
28	10.3	8:17	6:37
29	10.3	8:18	6:37
30	10.3	8:18	6:36
31	10.3	8:19	6:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.22 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.22 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
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	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Chilecito?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Chilecito for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chilecito in May

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

In May, Chilecito sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 18 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

UV index in Chilecito in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chilecito peaks around January 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 4 (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)	16	16	13	8	5	4	4	6	9	13	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Chilecito?

Chilecito sits at 29.2°S, 67.5°W, 1,107 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is La Rioja, 68 km away.

Topography around Chilecito

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chilecito has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m around an average of 1,136 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,757 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,694 m.

The land around Chilecito is covered by shrubs (60%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) within 16 km, and shrubs (49%), grassland (25%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

359 m

shrubs 60%

16 km

1,757 m

shrubs 69%

80 km

5,694 m

shrubs 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: La Rioja 68 km · Aimogasta 95 km · Belén 174 km · Catamarca 184 km · San Isidro 190 km · Aguilares 267 km · Albardón 272 km · Villa General San Martín 272 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 Chilecito (-29.1616°, -67.4993°, elevation 1,107 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	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	1
2	62	1
3	62	1
4	62	1
5	62	1
6	61	1
7	61	1
8	61	2
9	60	2
10	60	2
11	60	2
12	60	2
13	59	2
14	59	2
15	59	3
16	58	3
17	58	3
18	58	3
19	57	4
20	57	4
21	56	4
22	56	5
23	56	5
24	56	5
25	55	5
26	55	5
27	54	6
28	54	6
29	53	6
30	53	6
31	52	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
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	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	1
2	62	1
3	62	1
4	62	1
5	62	1
6	61	1
7	61	1
8	61	2
9	60	2
10	60	2
11	60	2
12	60	2
13	59	2
14	59	2
15	59	3
16	58	3
17	58	3
18	58	3
19	57	4
20	57	4
21	56	4
22	56	5
23	56	5
24	56	5
25	55	5
26	55	5
27	54	6
28	54	6
29	53	6
30	53	6
31	52	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
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	19	9
2	19	9
3	19	9
4	18	9
5	18	9
6	18	9
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	58	42
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	61	39
31	61	39

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	63	1
2	62	1
3	62	1
4	62	1
5	62	1
6	61	1
7	61	1
8	61	2
9	60	2
10	60	2
11	60	2
12	60	2
13	59	2
14	59	2
15	59	3
16	58	3
17	58	3
18	58	3
19	57	4
20	57	4
21	56	4
22	56	5
23	56	5
24	56	5
25	55	5
26	55	5
27	54	6
28	54	6
29	53	6
30	53	6
31	52	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
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