General Alvear weather in May

In May, General Alvear sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 25 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of May to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is General Alvear's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Alvear's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 8:22 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

General Alvear is city in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1914

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 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in General Alvear reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

How May really feels in General Alvear

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.

General Alvear 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° / 19°	47	8.9	14.1	3.9
Feb	31° / 18°	52	7.1	13.3	4.9
Mar	28° / 16°	53	6.7	12.3	6.8
Apr	23° / 11°	39	5.1	11.1	7.9
May	19° / 8°	25	3.8	10.2	6.9
Jun	16° / 4°	13	2.7	9.7	5.8
Jul	15° / 3°	13	2.4	9.9	5.8
Aug	18° / 5°	18	3.1	10.7	7.3
Sep	21° / 9°	28	4.2	11.8	7.7
Oct	25° / 12°	57	7.3	12.9	7.6
Nov	29° / 15°	49	7.2	13.8	6.5
Dec	32° / 18°	57	8.1	14.3	4.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 42%. 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 (%)	63	63	62	62	62	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	57	58	59	60	60	62
Cloudier (%)	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	40	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

General Alvear gets around 25 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 14% 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of May to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:10 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:23 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)	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	8:10	6:46
2	10.6	8:11	6:45
3	10.5	8:11	6:44
4	10.5	8:12	6:43
5	10.5	8:13	6:42
6	10.5	8:14	6:41
7	10.4	8:15	6:40
8	10.4	8:15	6:39
9	10.4	8:16	6:38
10	10.3	8:17	6:37
11	10.3	8:18	6:36
12	10.3	8:19	6:35
13	10.3	8:20	6:35
14	10.2	8:20	6:34
15	10.2	8:21	6:33
16	10.2	8:22	6:32
17	10.1	8:23	6:31
18	10.1	8:23	6:31
19	10.1	8:24	6:30
20	10.1	8:25	6:29
21	10.0	8:26	6:29
22	10.0	8:27	6:28
23	10.0	8:27	6:27
24	10.0	8:28	6:27
25	10.0	8:29	6:26
26	9.9	8:29	6:26
27	9.9	8:30	6:25
28	9.9	8:31	6:25
29	9.9	8:32	6:24
30	9.9	8:32	6:24
31	9.8	8:33	6:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.89 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)	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
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	3.4	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.7	Moderate
31	2.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit General Alvear?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit General Alvear for sightseeing.

What to pack for General Alvear in May

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

In May, General Alvear sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in General Alvear 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 General Alvear peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	10	5	4	3	3	4	6	9	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is General Alvear?

General Alvear sits at 35.0°S, 67.7°W, 471 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Rafael, 71 km away.

Topography around General Alvear

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Alvear has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 471 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around General Alvear is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

grassland 49%

16 km

62 m

shrubs 47%

80 km

1,336 m

shrubs 85%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: San Rafael 71 km · Malargüe 180 km · Tunuyán 197 km · Rivadavia 211 km · San Martín 222 km · Tupungato 223 km · San Luis 226 km · Perdriel 238 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 General Alvear (-34.9775°, -67.6962°, elevation 471 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	21	9
2	21	9
3	21	9
4	21	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	18	8
17	18	8
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	62	38

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0