Quime weather in May

In May, Quime sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 13.5 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-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 22% 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 Quime's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quime's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:49 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Quime is human settlement.

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

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 Quime reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2133
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How May really feels in Quime

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
20
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Quime 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 21029.90.112.92.0
Feb13° / 18126.7012.62.0
Mar13° / 15427.8012.12.2
Apr13° / 8920.7011.62.7
May13° / 5713.50.211.23.2
Jun12° / -0°428.70.8113.2
Jul11° / -1°5410.61.711.13.0
Aug12° / 6613.6111.43.0
Sep13° / 96190.411.92.7
Oct14° / 12524.30.112.42.6
Nov14° / 13325.60.112.82.5
Dec14° / 18529.10.1132.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
34060
44159
54159
64258
74258
84357
94456
104456
114456
124555
134555
144555
154654
164753
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315446

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Quime gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 13.5 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 45% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1550
2550
3540
4530
5530
6530
7520
8520
9520
10520
11510
12510
13500
14491
15481
16471
17461
18451
19431
20411
21401
22381
23371
24361
25341
26341
27331
28321
29322
30312
31312

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
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26100
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30100
31100

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
26calm
36calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
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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 6:44 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:446:08
211.46:446:07
311.46:456:07
411.46:456:06
511.36:456:06
611.36:466:05
711.36:466:05
811.36:466:04
911.36:476:04
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1211.36:486:03
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1911.26:506:00
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2311.16:515:59
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2711.16:535:59
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2911.16:535:59
3011.16:545:58
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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 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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95.2Bright
105.1Bright
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135.1Bright
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155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.0Bright
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215.0Bright
225.0Bright
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245.0Bright
254.9Bright
264.9Bright
274.9Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Quime

In seasonPeak

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

Quime's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Quime?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quime.

What to pack for Quime in May

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

In May, Quime sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Quime 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 Quime peaks around January 21 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 18Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan18Extreme
Feb18Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct16Extreme
Nov16Extreme
Dec17Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Quime?

Quime sits at 17.0°S, 67.2°W, 0 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Sipe Sipe, 105 km away.

Sipe SipeVintoAchocallaQuillacolloOruroLa PazColcapirhuaTiquipaya

Topography around Quime

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quime has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,729 m around an average of 3,513 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,878 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,560 m.

The land around Quime is covered by grassland (64%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,729 m
16 km
3,878 m
80 km
5,560 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and ice
May weather nearby: Sipe Sipe 105 km · Vinto 106 km · Achocalla 109 km · Quillacollo 110 km · Oruro 111 km · La Paz 113 km · Colcapirhua 113 km · Tiquipaya 113 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
Roman Catholic 65%Protestant 20%none 6%other 5%

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 Quime (-16.9833°, -67.2167°, 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).