Copacabana weather in May

In May, Copacabana sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 25 mm of rain across 6.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Copacabana's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Copacabana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 6.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 6:55 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Copacabana is Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical May day in Copacabana reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	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

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

Copacabana 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 8°	286	28.7	0.1	12.9	2.0
Feb	13° / 8°	261	25.6	0	12.5	2.0
Mar	13° / 8°	218	27.1	0.1	12.1	2.2
Apr	13° / 8°	90	16.9	0	11.6	3.0
May	13° / 7°	25	6.3	0	11.3	3.9
Jun	12° / 6°	12	2.9	0.1	11.1	4.0
Jul	12° / 6°	15	3.5	0.3	11.1	3.9
Aug	13° / 6°	16	4	0.5	11.5	4.2
Sep	13° / 7°	37	8.3	0.2	11.9	4.2
Oct	14° / 8°	70	13.7	0.6	12.4	3.8
Nov	14° / 9°	88	16.1	0	12.8	3.6
Dec	13° / 8°	198	25.2	0.1	12.9	2.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	76	76	76	78
Cloudier (%)	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	24	24	24	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Copacabana gets around 25 mm of rain over 6.3 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 21% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	33	31	30	30	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	16
23	15
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	11
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 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 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:07 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:51	6:16
2	11.4	6:51	6:16
3	11.4	6:51	6:15
4	11.4	6:52	6:15
5	11.4	6:52	6:14
6	11.4	6:52	6:14
7	11.4	6:52	6:13
8	11.3	6:53	6:13
9	11.3	6:53	6:13
10	11.3	6:53	6:12
11	11.3	6:54	6:12
12	11.3	6:54	6:11
13	11.3	6:54	6:11
14	11.3	6:54	6:11
15	11.3	6:55	6:10
16	11.2	6:55	6:10
17	11.2	6:55	6:10
18	11.2	6:56	6:09
19	11.2	6:56	6:09
20	11.2	6:56	6:09
21	11.2	6:57	6:09
22	11.2	6:57	6:08
23	11.2	6:57	6:08
24	11.2	6:58	6:08
25	11.2	6:58	6:08
26	11.2	6:58	6:08
27	11.1	6:59	6:08
28	11.1	6:59	6:07
29	11.1	7:00	6:07
30	11.1	7:00	6:07
31	11.1	7:00	6:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.39 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.8 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Copacabana

In seasonPeak

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

Copacabana's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Copacabana?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Copacabana.

What to pack for Copacabana in May

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

In May, Copacabana sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Copacabana in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Copacabana peaks around February 8 at about 19 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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)	19	19	16	14	11	9	9	12	14	16	17	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	19	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Copacabana?

Copacabana sits at 16.2°S, 69.1°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Isla del Sol, 17 km away.

Topography around Copacabana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Copacabana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 544 m around an average of 3,932 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 719 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,996 m.

The land around Copacabana is covered by grassland (62%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (58%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

544 m

grassland 62%

16 km

719 m

water 58%

80 km

4,996 m

grassland 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Isla del Sol 17 km · Tiahuanaco 60 km · Ilave 63 km · Sorata 64 km · Laja 85 km · Viacha 99 km · La Paz 106 km · Puno 107 km

Bolivia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 40% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,148; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 21.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Copacabana (-16.1699°, -69.0792°, elevation 0 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	13	7
2	13	7
3	13	7
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	13	7
15	13	7
16	13	7
17	13	7
18	13	7
19	13	7
20	13	7
21	13	7
22	13	7
23	13	7
24	13	7
25	13	7
26	13	7
27	13	7
28	13	7
29	12	7
30	12	7
31	12	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	16
23	15
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	16
23	15
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	28
8	27
9	27
10	26
11	25
12	25
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	20
19	19
20	18
21	17
22	16
23	15
24	14
25	13
26	12
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	10
31	10

	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