El Bolsón weather in May

In May, El Bolsón sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 159 mm of precipitation across 14.7 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 8°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 159 mm; 14.7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:53 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 1.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.1; out of 10

El Bolsón is human settlement.

Founded: 1926

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 10°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical May day in El Bolsón reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 4°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	8	1
15	8	1
16	8	0
17	8	0
18	8	0
19	7	0
20	7	0
21	7	0
22	7	0
23	7	0
24	7	0
25	6	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1
29	6	-1
30	6	-1
31	6	-1

How May really feels in El Bolsón

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

El Bolsón weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 7°	56	7	0.2	14.7	6.8
Feb	19° / 7°	51	6.4	0.2	13.7	6.9
Mar	17° / 6°	68	9	0.3	12.3	5.5
Apr	12° / 3°	113	11.6	2.5	10.9	3.0
May	8° / 0°	159	14.7	5.2	9.7	1.1
Jun	4° / -2°	218	17.7	13	9	0.0
Jul	4° / -3°	189	16.4	13.4	9.3	0.0
Aug	5° / -2°	183	17.1	13.8	10.3	0.1
Sep	8° / -1°	101	12.6	8.2	11.7	1.1
Oct	11° / 1°	112	13.5	6.4	13.1	2.5
Nov	14° / 4°	92	11.4	2.4	14.4	4.1
Dec	17° / 6°	83	10	1	15	5.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	27	27	26	26	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Cloudier (%)	73	73	74	74	76	76	77	78	79	80	80	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

El Bolsón gets around 159 mm of rain and snow over 14.7 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 48% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds climb 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 (%)	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	52	53	54	55
Snow chance (%)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	27	28	29	31

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	10
2	41	9
3	41	9
4	42	9
5	42	10
6	43	10
7	43	10
8	44	11
9	45	12
10	45	12
11	46	13
12	46	14
13	47	15
14	47	16
15	48	17
16	48	18
17	49	19
18	49	19
19	50	20
20	50	21
21	50	21
22	50	22
23	50	23
24	50	23
25	50	24
26	51	24
27	51	25
28	52	27
29	53	28
30	54	29
31	55	31

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 5 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of May to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 9:07 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:20 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)	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:06	9:07	9:07
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	8:37	6:50
2	10.2	8:38	6:48
3	10.1	8:39	6:47
4	10.1	8:40	6:45
5	10.0	8:42	6:44
6	10.0	8:43	6:43
7	10.0	8:44	6:42
8	9.9	8:45	6:40
9	9.9	8:46	6:39
10	9.8	8:47	6:38
11	9.8	8:48	6:37
12	9.8	8:49	6:36
13	9.7	8:50	6:35
14	9.7	8:51	6:33
15	9.7	8:52	6:32
16	9.6	8:53	6:31
17	9.6	8:54	6:30
18	9.6	8:55	6:29
19	9.5	8:56	6:28
20	9.5	8:57	6:28
21	9.5	8:58	6:27
22	9.4	8:59	6:26
23	9.4	9:00	6:25
24	9.4	9:01	6:24
25	9.4	9:02	6:23
26	9.3	9:03	6:23
27	9.3	9:04	6:22
28	9.3	9:05	6:21
29	9.3	9:06	6:21
30	9.2	9:07	6:20
31	9.2	9:07	6:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.35 kWh/m² to a high of 7.37 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 1.74 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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Dim
8	2.0	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.5	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.5	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for El Bolsón

In seasonPeak

In May, El Bolsón sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

El Bolsón's rainy season runs April–October, 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 El Bolsón?

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

1.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Bolsón.

What to pack for El Bolsón in May

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

In May, El Bolsón sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in El Bolsón in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Bolsón peaks around December 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	7	4	3	2	2	3	5	8	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is El Bolsón?

El Bolsón sits at 42.0°S, 71.5°W, 320 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Bariloche, 93 km away.

Topography around El Bolsón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Bolsón has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m around an average of 403 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,052 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,469 m.

The land around El Bolsón is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

720 m

trees 64%

16 km

2,052 m

trees 60%

80 km

2,469 m

trees 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

May weather nearby: Bariloche 93 km · Esquel 107 km · Puerto Montt 129 km · Calbuco 134 km · Puerto Varas 140 km · Llanquihue 145 km · Frutillar 157 km · Maullín 175 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 El Bolsón (-41.9605°, -71.5334°, elevation 320 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	10	2
2	10	2
3	10	2
4	10	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	9	1
8	9	1
9	9	1
10	9	1
11	9	1
12	9	1
13	9	1
14	8	1
15	8	1
16	8	0
17	8	0
18	8	0
19	7	0
20	7	0
21	7	0
22	7	0
23	7	0
24	7	0
25	6	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1
29	6	-1
30	6	-1
31	6	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	10
2	41	9
3	41	9
4	42	9
5	42	10
6	43	10
7	43	10
8	44	11
9	45	12
10	45	12
11	46	13
12	46	14
13	47	15
14	47	16
15	48	17
16	48	18
17	49	19
18	49	19
19	50	20
20	50	21
21	50	21
22	50	22
23	50	23
24	50	23
25	50	24
26	51	24
27	51	25
28	52	27
29	53	28
30	54	29
31	55	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	10
2	41	9
3	41	9
4	42	9
5	42	10
6	43	10
7	43	10
8	44	11
9	45	12
10	45	12
11	46	13
12	46	14
13	47	15
14	47	16
15	48	17
16	48	18
17	49	19
18	49	19
19	50	20
20	50	21
21	50	21
22	50	22
23	50	23
24	50	23
25	50	24
26	51	24
27	51	25
28	52	27
29	53	28
30	54	29
31	55	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	10
2	41	9
3	41	9
4	42	9
5	42	10
6	43	10
7	43	10
8	44	11
9	45	12
10	45	12
11	46	13
12	46	14
13	47	15
14	47	16
15	48	17
16	48	18
17	49	19
18	49	19
19	50	20
20	50	21
21	50	21
22	50	22
23	50	23
24	50	23
25	50	24
26	51	24
27	51	25
28	52	27
29	53	28
30	54	29
31	55	31

	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