Las Varillas weather in May

In May, Las Varillas sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 42 mm of rain across 5.1 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 38% 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 Las Varillas's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Varillas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:56 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Las Varillas is human settlement in Córdoba Province, Argentina.

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 Las Varillas reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

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

Las Varillas 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	30° / 19°	115	9.4	13.8	5.2
Feb	29° / 19°	115	9.7	13.2	5.8
Mar	27° / 17°	124	9.3	12.2	6.8
Apr	24° / 14°	89	7.9	11.2	7.4
May	20° / 10°	42	5.1	10.4	7.1
Jun	17° / 7°	24	3.6	10	6.5
Jul	17° / 6°	16	3	10.1	6.5
Aug	20° / 8°	31	3.7	10.8	7.5
Sep	22° / 10°	42	4.9	11.8	7.8
Oct	25° / 14°	101	9.2	12.8	7.3
Nov	28° / 16°	112	9	13.6	6.6
Dec	30° / 18°	134	10	14	5.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 48%. 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 (%)	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	55	55	55	54	53	52	52	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	52
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	45	45	45	46	47	48	48	50	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Las Varillas gets around 42 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12

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

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 69% 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 (%)	55	57	58	58	59	61	62	63	64	64	65	65	68	68	69	70	70	71	72	73	74	75	75	77	78	79	80	80	81	81	82
Comfortable (%)	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Humid (%)	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6
Muggy (%)	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	20	18	7
2	57	19	17	7
3	58	19	17	6
4	58	19	17	6
5	59	19	16	6
6	61	18	15	6
7	62	18	15	5
8	63	18	14	5
9	64	19	13	4
10	64	19	13	4
11	65	19	12	4
12	65	19	12	4
13	68	18	11	3
14	68	18	11	3
15	69	18	10	3
16	70	17	10	3
17	70	17	10	3
18	71	16	10	3
19	72	15	10	3
20	73	15	9	3
21	74	14	9	3
22	75	13	9	3
23	75	13	9	3
24	77	12	8	3
25	78	12	8	2
26	79	11	8	2
27	80	11	7	2
28	80	11	7	2
29	81	11	6	2
30	81	11	6	2
31	82	11	6	1

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	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 7:45 AM to 8:06 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:11 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	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:06
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:45	6:31
2	10.7	7:46	6:30
3	10.7	7:47	6:29
4	10.7	7:47	6:28
5	10.7	7:48	6:27
6	10.6	7:49	6:26
7	10.6	7:49	6:25
8	10.6	7:50	6:25
9	10.5	7:51	6:24
10	10.5	7:52	6:23
11	10.5	7:52	6:22
12	10.5	7:53	6:21
13	10.4	7:54	6:21
14	10.4	7:54	6:20
15	10.4	7:55	6:19
16	10.4	7:56	6:18
17	10.4	7:56	6:18
18	10.3	7:57	6:17
19	10.3	7:58	6:17
20	10.3	7:59	6:16
21	10.3	7:59	6:15
22	10.2	8:00	6:15
23	10.2	8:01	6:14
24	10.2	8:01	6:14
25	10.2	8:02	6:13
26	10.2	8:03	6:13
27	10.2	8:03	6:12
28	10.1	8:04	6:12
29	10.1	8:04	6:12
30	10.1	8:05	6:11
31	10.1	8:06	6:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.86 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)	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
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	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.0	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	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Las Varillas

In seasonPeak

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

Las Varillas's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Las Varillas?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Las Varillas in May

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

In May, Las Varillas sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Las Varillas 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 Las Varillas 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	7	4	3	3	5	7	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Las Varillas?

Las Varillas sits at 31.9°S, 62.7°W, 139 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Arroyito, 59 km away.

Topography around Las Varillas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Las Varillas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m.

The land around Las Varillas is covered by cropland (65%) within 3 km, cropland (89%) within 16 km, and cropland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

cropland 65%

16 km

36 m

cropland 89%

80 km

177 m

cropland 89%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

May weather nearby: Arroyito 59 km · Villa María 77 km · San Francisco 78 km · Villa Nueva 80 km · San Jorge 81 km · Bell Ville 85 km · Villa del Rosario 85 km · Marcos Juárez 109 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 Las Varillas (-31.8704°, -62.7197°, elevation 139 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	12
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	18	9
28	18	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	20	18	7
2	57	19	17	7
3	58	19	17	6
4	58	19	17	6
5	59	19	16	6
6	61	18	15	6
7	62	18	15	5
8	63	18	14	5
9	64	19	13	4
10	64	19	13	4
11	65	19	12	4
12	65	19	12	4
13	68	18	11	3
14	68	18	11	3
15	69	18	10	3
16	70	17	10	3
17	70	17	10	3
18	71	16	10	3
19	72	15	10	3
20	73	15	9	3
21	74	14	9	3
22	75	13	9	3
23	75	13	9	3
24	77	12	8	3
25	78	12	8	2
26	79	11	8	2
27	80	11	7	2
28	80	11	7	2
29	81	11	6	2
30	81	11	6	2
31	82	11	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	20	18	7
2	57	19	17	7
3	58	19	17	6
4	58	19	17	6
5	59	19	16	6
6	61	18	15	6
7	62	18	15	5
8	63	18	14	5
9	64	19	13	4
10	64	19	13	4
11	65	19	12	4
12	65	19	12	4
13	68	18	11	3
14	68	18	11	3
15	69	18	10	3
16	70	17	10	3
17	70	17	10	3
18	71	16	10	3
19	72	15	10	3
20	73	15	9	3
21	74	14	9	3
22	75	13	9	3
23	75	13	9	3
24	77	12	8	3
25	78	12	8	2
26	79	11	8	2
27	80	11	7	2
28	80	11	7	2
29	81	11	6	2
30	81	11	6	2
31	82	11	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	55	20	18	7
2	57	19	17	7
3	58	19	17	6
4	58	19	17	6
5	59	19	16	6
6	61	18	15	6
7	62	18	15	5
8	63	18	14	5
9	64	19	13	4
10	64	19	13	4
11	65	19	12	4
12	65	19	12	4
13	68	18	11	3
14	68	18	11	3
15	69	18	10	3
16	70	17	10	3
17	70	17	10	3
18	71	16	10	3
19	72	15	10	3
20	73	15	9	3
21	74	14	9	3
22	75	13	9	3
23	75	13	9	3
24	77	12	8	3
25	78	12	8	2
26	79	11	8	2
27	80	11	7	2
28	80	11	7	2
29	81	11	6	2
30	81	11	6	2
31	82	11	6	1