Pehuajó weather in May

In May, Pehuajó sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 Pehuajó's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pehuajó's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
9th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
5.4 wet days
Daylight
10 h 06 min
8:00 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
56%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
2.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Pehuajó is city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Founded
1881

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pehuajó reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12010
22010
32010
41910
51910
61910
7199
8199
9199
10199
11199
12189
13189
14189
15189
16189
17188
18178
19178
20178
21178
22178
23178
24167
25167
26167
27167
28167
29167
30167
31166

Pehuajó 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°1089.514.25.9
Feb28° / 17°978.313.46.8
Mar25° / 15°1068.212.37.3
Apr22° / 12°887.711.17.1
May18° / 455.410.16.3
Jun14° / 3049.64.9
Jul14° / 274.19.84.6
Aug16° / 414.310.66.0
Sep19° / 656.311.86.7
Oct22° / 11°10810.412.96.7
Nov25° / 14°1038.813.97.2
Dec28° / 16°100914.46.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25446
35446
45446
55446
65347
75248
85248
95149
105149
114951
125050
134951
144951
154753
164753
174753
184654
194654
204654
214555
224456
234456
244456
254456
264555
274555
284654
294654
304753
314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pehuajó gets around 45 mm of rain over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
120
219
319
419
518
618
718
818
918
1018
1118
1218
1319
1419
1519
1620
1720
1820
1919
2019
2119
2218
2318
2417
2516
2616
2715
2814
2914
3013
3113

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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1761671
2771571
3771481
4781480
5781480
6801370
7801370
8801370
9811360
10821260
11821260
12831250
13831250
14841150
15851140
16851140
17851140
18851140
19861040
20861040
2187940
2287940
2388840
2488840
2590730
2690730
2790730
2891630
2992620
3092620
3193520

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May, the calmest month.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
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2512calm
2612calm
2712calm
2812calm
2912calm
3012calm
3112calm

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 7:48 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 5:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.67:486:22
210.57:496:21
310.57:506:20
410.57:506:18
510.47:516:17
610.47:526:16
710.47:536:15
810.37:546:14
910.37:556:13
1010.37:556:12
1110.37:566:12
1210.27:576:11
1310.27:586:10
1410.27:596:09
1510.18:006:08
1610.18:006:07
1710.18:016:06
1810.18:026:06
1910.08:036:05
2010.08:046:04
2110.08:046:04
2210.08:056:03
239.98:066:02
249.98:076:02
259.98:086:01
269.98:086:01
279.98:096:00
289.88:106:00
299.88:105:59
309.88:115:59
319.88:125:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.1Moderate
23.1Moderate
33.0Moderate
43.0Moderate
53.0Moderate
62.9Moderate
72.9Moderate
82.9Moderate
92.8Moderate
102.8Moderate
112.8Moderate
122.7Moderate
132.7Moderate
142.7Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
182.5Moderate
192.5Moderate
202.5Moderate
212.5Moderate
222.5Moderate
232.5Moderate
242.4Moderate
252.4Moderate
262.4Moderate
272.4Moderate
282.4Moderate
292.4Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pehuajó?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pehuajó for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pehuajó in May

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

In May, Pehuajó sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Pehuajó in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pehuajó peaks around January 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 12UV 13Jun 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr6High
May3Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pehuajó?

Pehuajó sits at 35.8°S, 61.9°W, 85 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Carlos Casares, 53 km away.

Topography around Pehuajó

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pehuajó has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 85 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m.

The land around Pehuajó is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
29 m
80 km
69 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Carlos Casares 53 km · Trenque Lauquen 77 km · San Carlos de Bolívar 85 km · Nueve de Julio 100 km · Lincoln 110 km · Los Toldos 119 km · General Villegas 133 km · Bragado 149 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
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

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 Pehuajó (-35.8108°, -61.899°, elevation 85 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).