San Nicolás de los Arroyos weather in May

In May, San Nicolás de los Arroyos sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 66 mm of rain across 6 wet days and about 10.3 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 18°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 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is San Nicolás de los Arroyos's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Nicolás de los Arroyos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
11°
5th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 18 min
7:49 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
56%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
2.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

San Nicolás de los Arroyos is city in Argentina.

Founded
1748

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 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in San Nicolás de los Arroyos reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 24°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)
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San Nicolás de los Arroyos 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
Jan30° / 19°1038.2145.4
Feb29° / 19°1078.113.25.9
Mar27° / 17°1177.512.37.0
Apr23° / 14°1068.111.27.4
May19° / 11°66610.36.8
Jun16° / 445.29.85.8
Jul16° / 425.1105.6
Aug18° / 56510.86.8
Sep21° / 10°676.311.87.1
Oct23° / 13°1129.712.87.1
Nov26° / 15°1157.613.77.2
Dec29° / 18°1078.614.26.0

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 (%)
15446
25446
35446
45347
55347
65248
75248
85248
95248
105149
115149
125050
134951
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284753
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304852
314951

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

San Nicolás de los Arroyos gets around 66 mm of rain over 6 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 20% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
125
224
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424
523
623
722
821
921
1020
1120
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1419
1519
1619
1719
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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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15722165
25921155
35921155
45921155
56120145
66120145
76220135
86320134
96420124
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116421114
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217117102
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247414102
25751492
26761392
27771391
28791281
29801271
30811171
31821161

Wind in May

Winds average 11 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:376:19
210.77:386:18
310.67:396:17
410.67:406:16
510.67:406:15
610.57:416:14
710.57:426:13
810.57:436:12
910.57:436:11
1010.47:446:10
1110.47:456:09
1210.47:466:09
1310.47:466:08
1410.37:476:07
1510.37:486:06
1610.37:496:06
1710.37:496:05
1810.27:506:04
1910.27:516:04
2010.27:526:03
2110.27:526:02
2210.17:536:02
2310.17:546:01
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2610.17:566:00
2710.07:565:59
2810.07:575:59
2910.07:585:58
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.2Moderate
23.2Moderate
33.2Moderate
43.1Moderate
53.1Moderate
63.1Moderate
73.0Moderate
83.0Moderate
93.0Moderate
102.9Moderate
112.9Moderate
122.9Moderate
132.8Moderate
142.8Moderate
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272.5Moderate
282.5Moderate
292.5Moderate
302.4Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit San Nicolás de los Arroyos?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit San Nicolás de los Arroyos for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Nicolás de los Arroyos in May

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

In May, San Nicolás de los Arroyos sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 6 days see rain.

UV index in San Nicolás de los Arroyos 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 San Nicolás de los Arroyos peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 15UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in San Nicolás de los Arroyos is worst in August — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.0× the cleanest month (April, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 1544 µg/m³Apr 146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May7Good
Jun10Good
Jul28Moderate
Aug46Poor
Sep20Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is San Nicolás de los Arroyos?

San Nicolás de los Arroyos sits at 33.3°S, 60.2°W, 28 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Villa Constitución, 16 km away.

Topography around San Nicolás de los Arroyos

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of San Nicolás de los Arroyos.

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Nicolás de los Arroyos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m.

The land around San Nicolás de los Arroyos is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and wetland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and wetland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
98 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Villa Constitución 16 km · Ramallo 25 km · Arroyo Seco 34 km · Gobernador Gálvez 52 km · Rosario 59 km · San Pedro 63 km · Pérez 64 km · Pergamino 70 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 San Nicolás de los Arroyos (-33.3342°, -60.2108°, elevation 28 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).