Malargüe weather in May

In May, Malargüe sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 9°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 Malargüe's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malargüe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:31 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical May day in Malargüe reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C cooler than April and about 5°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)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2

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

How May really feels in Malargüe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 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.

Malargüe weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 11°	37	9.4	0	14.1	7.5
Feb	24° / 10°	41	8.4	0	13.3	7.6
Mar	22° / 8°	49	8.5	0	12.3	7.3
Apr	17° / 4°	50	7.6	0.6	11.1	6.0
May	12° / 0°	56	8.2	2.6	10.2	3.4
Jun	7° / -3°	63	7.6	5.3	9.7	1.1
Jul	6° / -5°	52	7.1	5.6	9.8	0.6
Aug	9° / -3°	46	6.7	5.1	10.7	1.9
Sep	13° / -0°	44	7.6	3.7	11.8	3.9
Oct	17° / 3°	50	7.7	1.8	12.9	6.1
Nov	21° / 6°	39	7	0.4	13.9	7.4
Dec	24° / 9°	40	7.8	0	14.4	7.8

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 41%. 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 (%)	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	57	57	58	57	58
Cloudier (%)	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	43	43	42	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Malargüe gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13

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

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 7 km/h in May, the calmest month.

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 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 8:18 AM to 8:42 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:30 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	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:40	8:41	8:42
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	8:18	6:53
2	10.6	8:19	6:52
3	10.5	8:20	6:51
4	10.5	8:21	6:50
5	10.5	8:21	6:49
6	10.4	8:22	6:48
7	10.4	8:23	6:47
8	10.4	8:24	6:46
9	10.3	8:25	6:45
10	10.3	8:26	6:44
11	10.3	8:26	6:43
12	10.2	8:27	6:42
13	10.2	8:28	6:41
14	10.2	8:29	6:40
15	10.2	8:30	6:39
16	10.1	8:31	6:39
17	10.1	8:31	6:38
18	10.1	8:32	6:37
19	10.1	8:33	6:36
20	10.0	8:34	6:36
21	10.0	8:34	6:35
22	10.0	8:35	6:34
23	10.0	8:36	6:34
24	9.9	8:37	6:33
25	9.9	8:37	6:33
26	9.9	8:38	6:32
27	9.9	8:39	6:32
28	9.9	8:40	6:31
29	9.8	8:40	6:31
30	9.8	8:41	6:30
31	9.8	8:42	6:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 8.68 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.13 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)	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
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	3.7	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Malargüe?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malargüe.

What to pack for Malargüe in May

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

In May, Malargüe sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Malargüe 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 Malargüe peaks around January 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 2 (low).

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)	15	13	10	6	4	3	2	4	6	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	2	Low
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Malargüe?

Malargüe sits at 35.5°S, 69.6°W, 1,423 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Rafael, 149 km away.

Topography around Malargüe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malargüe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 1,418 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 643 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,642 m.

The land around Malargüe is covered by grassland (36%), shrubs (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and bare terrain (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

70 m

grassland 36%

16 km

643 m

grassland 50%

80 km

3,642 m

grassland 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

May weather nearby: San Rafael 149 km · Chimbarongo 158 km · Molina 159 km · Curicó 160 km · Rengo 166 km · Colbún 166 km · Sagrada Familia 172 km · San Clemente 172 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 Malargüe (-35.4779°, -69.5852°, elevation 1,423 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	15	2
2	15	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	2
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	-1
23	10	-1
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	10	-1
28	10	-1
29	9	-2
30	9	-2
31	9	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

	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