Puerto Deseado weather in May

In May, Puerto Deseado sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 15 mm of precipitation across 3.5 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of May to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Puerto Deseado's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Deseado's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 15 mm; 3.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 06 min; 8:47 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 6th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 1.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Puerto Deseado is human settlement.

Density: 3,563/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1884

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 14°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical May day in Puerto Deseado reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

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

How May really feels in Puerto Deseado

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 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.

Puerto Deseado weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 12°	16	3.7	15.3	7.9
Feb	22° / 12°	17	4.1	14.1	7.6
Mar	20° / 11°	20	3.9	12.4	7.3
Apr	16° / 8°	13	3.5	10.6	6.0
May	12° / 5°	15	3.5	9.1	3.7
Jun	8° / 2°	21	4.7	8.3	1.8
Jul	8° / 2°	15	3.7	8.6	1.7
Aug	10° / 3°	16	4	9.9	2.9
Sep	13° / 5°	16	4.1	11.6	4.2
Oct	16° / 7°	16	4.3	13.4	6.0
Nov	19° / 9°	18	4.4	14.9	7.0
Dec	21° / 11°	22	5.3	15.7	7.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	56	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Puerto Deseado gets around 15 mm of rain and snow over 3.5 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 12% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15

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

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 20 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
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	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	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of May to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 9:05 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 5:37 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)	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:27	8:28	8:30	8:31	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:41	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:27	6:15
2	9.7	8:28	6:13
3	9.7	8:30	6:11
4	9.6	8:31	6:10
5	9.6	8:33	6:08
6	9.5	8:34	6:06
7	9.5	8:35	6:05
8	9.4	8:37	6:03
9	9.4	8:38	6:02
10	9.3	8:39	6:00
11	9.3	8:41	5:59
12	9.3	8:42	5:58
13	9.2	8:44	5:56
14	9.2	8:45	5:55
15	9.1	8:46	5:53
16	9.1	8:47	5:52
17	9.0	8:49	5:51
18	9.0	8:50	5:50
19	9.0	8:51	5:49
20	8.9	8:53	5:47
21	8.9	8:54	5:46
22	8.8	8:55	5:45
23	8.8	8:56	5:44
24	8.8	8:57	5:43
25	8.7	8:58	5:42
26	8.7	9:00	5:41
27	8.7	9:01	5:40
28	8.6	9:02	5:39
29	8.6	9:03	5:39
30	8.6	9:04	5:38
31	8.5	9:05	5:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 1.63 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)	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
Level	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	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.6	Dim
19	1.6	Dim
20	1.5	Dim
21	1.5	Dim
22	1.5	Dim
23	1.5	Dim
24	1.4	Dim
25	1.4	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.3	Dim
31	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Puerto Deseado?

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

3.7

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 Puerto Deseado.

What to pack for Puerto Deseado in May

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

In May, Puerto Deseado sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Puerto Deseado in May

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 13°C and coldest in August near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	12	13	13	11	10	8	7	6	6	7	9	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	12	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	8	Bracing
Jul	7	Bracing
Aug	6	Bracing
Sep	6	Bracing
Oct	7	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Puerto Deseado in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Deseado peaks around December 24 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	9	5	3	2	1	1	2	3	6	7	10
Level	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	5	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	10	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Deseado?

Puerto Deseado sits at 47.8°S, 65.9°W, 26 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 188 km away.

Topography around Puerto Deseado

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Deseado has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m.

The land around Puerto Deseado is covered by grassland (54%) and water (30%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

grassland 54%

16 km

147 m

grassland 54%

80 km

260 m

grassland 60%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Pico Truncado 188 km · Caleta Olivia 190 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 243 km · Las Heras 266 km · Río Gallegos 494 km · Rawson 499 km · Trelew 503 km · Coyhaique 529 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 Puerto Deseado (-47.7513°, -65.8967°, elevation 26 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	6
10	13	6
11	13	6
12	13	6
13	13	5
14	12	5
15	12	5
16	12	5
17	12	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	11	5
21	11	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	3
30	10	3
31	10	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

	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