Río Tercero weather in May

In May, Río Tercero sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 33 mm of rain across 4.5 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 21°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 Río Tercero's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Tercero's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 8:02 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Río Tercero is city in the Córdoba Province.

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 Río Tercero reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°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)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7

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

Río Tercero 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	29° / 18°	119	11.7	13.9	5.4
Feb	27° / 17°	109	10.7	13.2	6.4
Mar	26° / 16°	98	10	12.2	7.0
Apr	23° / 13°	69	7.4	11.2	7.5
May	19° / 9°	33	4.5	10.4	7.0
Jun	16° / 6°	13	2.3	9.9	6.2
Jul	16° / 4°	12	2.3	10.1	6.1
Aug	19° / 6°	17	2.4	10.8	7.5
Sep	22° / 9°	35	4.7	11.8	7.8
Oct	24° / 12°	78	8.7	12.8	7.3
Nov	27° / 15°	93	10.8	13.6	6.6
Dec	29° / 17°	119	11.5	14.1	5.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% 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 (%)	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	55	55	56	57	58
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	45	45	44	43	42

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Río Tercero gets around 33 mm of rain over 4.5 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 15% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10

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

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 81% 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 (%)	67	69	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	78	78	80	80	81	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	91	91	92
Comfortable (%)	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Humid (%)	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	18	14	1
2	69	17	13	1
3	69	17	13	1
4	70	16	13	1
5	71	16	12	1
6	72	16	11	1
7	73	16	10	1
8	74	15	10	1
9	75	15	9	1
10	76	15	8	1
11	78	14	7	1
12	78	14	7	1
13	80	13	6	1
14	80	13	6	1
15	81	12	6	1
16	81	12	6	1
17	82	11	6	1
18	83	10	6	1
19	84	10	5	1
20	85	9	5	1
21	85	9	5	1
22	86	8	5	1
23	87	8	5	0
24	87	8	5	0
25	88	7	5	0
26	88	7	5	0
27	89	7	4	0
28	89	7	4	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	91	6	3	0
31	92	6	2	0

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	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	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 7:51 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:16 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	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	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	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:12
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:51	6:36
2	10.7	7:52	6:35
3	10.7	7:53	6:34
4	10.7	7:53	6:33
5	10.6	7:54	6:32
6	10.6	7:55	6:31
7	10.6	7:55	6:31
8	10.6	7:56	6:30
9	10.5	7:57	6:29
10	10.5	7:58	6:28
11	10.5	7:58	6:27
12	10.5	7:59	6:26
13	10.4	8:00	6:26
14	10.4	8:01	6:25
15	10.4	8:01	6:24
16	10.4	8:02	6:23
17	10.3	8:03	6:23
18	10.3	8:03	6:22
19	10.3	8:04	6:21
20	10.3	8:05	6:21
21	10.2	8:05	6:20
22	10.2	8:06	6:20
23	10.2	8:07	6:19
24	10.2	8:07	6:19
25	10.2	8:08	6:18
26	10.2	8:09	6:18
27	10.1	8:09	6:17
28	10.1	8:10	6:17
29	10.1	8:11	6:17
30	10.1	8:11	6:16
31	10.1	8:12	6:16

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.92 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	3.3	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	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
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	3.3	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Río Tercero

In seasonPeak

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

Río Tercero'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 Río Tercero?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Río Tercero for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Río Tercero in May

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

In May, Río Tercero sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Río Tercero 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 Río Tercero peaks around January 19 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	6	4	3	3	5	7	10	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	7	High
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Río Tercero?

Río Tercero sits at 32.2°S, 64.1°W, 372 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embalse, 27 km away.

Topography around Río Tercero

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Tercero has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,550 m.

The land around Río Tercero is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), cropland (32%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (88%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

166 m

cropland 88%

80 km

2,550 m

cropland 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: Embalse 27 km · Pilar 59 km · Río Segundo 62 km · Alta Gracia 66 km · Cordoba 86 km · Villa María 86 km · Villa Nueva 86 km · Villa del Rosario 88 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 Río Tercero (-32.1767°, -64.1129°, elevation 372 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	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	19	10
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	18	9
20	18	9
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	17	7
31	17	7

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	18	14	1
2	69	17	13	1
3	69	17	13	1
4	70	16	13	1
5	71	16	12	1
6	72	16	11	1
7	73	16	10	1
8	74	15	10	1
9	75	15	9	1
10	76	15	8	1
11	78	14	7	1
12	78	14	7	1
13	80	13	6	1
14	80	13	6	1
15	81	12	6	1
16	81	12	6	1
17	82	11	6	1
18	83	10	6	1
19	84	10	5	1
20	85	9	5	1
21	85	9	5	1
22	86	8	5	1
23	87	8	5	0
24	87	8	5	0
25	88	7	5	0
26	88	7	5	0
27	89	7	4	0
28	89	7	4	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	91	6	3	0
31	92	6	2	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	18	14	1
2	69	17	13	1
3	69	17	13	1
4	70	16	13	1
5	71	16	12	1
6	72	16	11	1
7	73	16	10	1
8	74	15	10	1
9	75	15	9	1
10	76	15	8	1
11	78	14	7	1
12	78	14	7	1
13	80	13	6	1
14	80	13	6	1
15	81	12	6	1
16	81	12	6	1
17	82	11	6	1
18	83	10	6	1
19	84	10	5	1
20	85	9	5	1
21	85	9	5	1
22	86	8	5	1
23	87	8	5	0
24	87	8	5	0
25	88	7	5	0
26	88	7	5	0
27	89	7	4	0
28	89	7	4	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	91	6	3	0
31	92	6	2	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	67	18	14	1
2	69	17	13	1
3	69	17	13	1
4	70	16	13	1
5	71	16	12	1
6	72	16	11	1
7	73	16	10	1
8	74	15	10	1
9	75	15	9	1
10	76	15	8	1
11	78	14	7	1
12	78	14	7	1
13	80	13	6	1
14	80	13	6	1
15	81	12	6	1
16	81	12	6	1
17	82	11	6	1
18	83	10	6	1
19	84	10	5	1
20	85	9	5	1
21	85	9	5	1
22	86	8	5	1
23	87	8	5	0
24	87	8	5	0
25	88	7	5	0
26	88	7	5	0
27	89	7	4	0
28	89	7	4	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	91	6	3	0
31	92	6	2	0