Villazón weather in May

In May, Villazón sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Villazón's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villazón's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:50 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Villazón is human settlement in Bolivia.

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 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Villazón reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

How May really feels in Villazón

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 21 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.

Villazón 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	20° / 8°	74	15.3	13.2	5.4
Feb	20° / 8°	59	12.6	12.8	5.6
Mar	20° / 8°	39	9.5	12.2	6.5
Apr	20° / 6°	9	2.2	11.5	7.9
May	18° / 2°	1	0.3	11	8.0
Jun	17° / -0°	0	0	10.7	7.1
Jul	16° / -1°	1	0.2	10.8	7.1
Aug	18° / 0°	1	0.3	11.2	8.0
Sep	20° / 3°	5	1.4	11.9	8.2
Oct	22° / 6°	14	4.5	12.5	7.8
Nov	22° / 7°	25	6.8	13.1	7.2
Dec	21° / 8°	52	12.2	13.3	6.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. 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 (%)	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	84	84
Cloudier (%)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Villazón gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of May to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:43 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:44	5:55
2	11.2	6:44	5:55
3	11.2	6:45	5:54
4	11.1	6:45	5:53
5	11.1	6:45	5:53
6	11.1	6:46	5:52
7	11.1	6:46	5:52
8	11.1	6:47	5:51
9	11.1	6:47	5:50
10	11.0	6:48	5:50
11	11.0	6:48	5:49
12	11.0	6:48	5:49
13	11.0	6:49	5:48
14	11.0	6:49	5:48
15	11.0	6:50	5:47
16	10.9	6:50	5:47
17	10.9	6:51	5:47
18	10.9	6:51	5:46
19	10.9	6:52	5:46
20	10.9	6:52	5:45
21	10.9	6:53	5:45
22	10.9	6:53	5:45
23	10.9	6:53	5:44
24	10.8	6:54	5:44
25	10.8	6:54	5:44
26	10.8	6:55	5:44
27	10.8	6:55	5:43
28	10.8	6:56	5:43
29	10.8	6:56	5:43
30	10.8	6:57	5:43
31	10.8	6:57	5:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.53 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Villazón?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Villazón in May

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

In May, Villazón sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Villazón in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villazón peaks around January 17 at about 18 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (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	18	16	12	10	8	7	11	14	16	17	18
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	19	Extreme
Feb	18	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	17	Extreme
Dec	18	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Villazón?

Villazón sits at 22.1°S, 65.6°W, 3,455 m above sea level, in Bolivia. The nearest listed city is Tupiza, 73 km away.

Topography around Villazón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villazón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m around an average of 3,450 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,049 m.

The land around Villazón is covered by bare terrain (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and bare terrain (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

167 m

bare terrain 53%

16 km

887 m

grassland 43%

80 km

3,049 m

grassland 73%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Tupiza 73 km · Tarija 108 km · Bermejo 148 km · San Ramón de la Nueva Orán 175 km · Santa Rosa 188 km · Tartagal 190 km · General Mosconi 192 km · Profesor Salvador Mazza 196 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 Villazón (-22.0866°, -65.5942°, elevation 3,455 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	20	4
2	19	4
3	19	4
4	19	4
5	19	4
6	19	3
7	19	3
8	19	3
9	19	3
10	19	3
11	19	3
12	19	2
13	18	2
14	18	2
15	18	2
16	18	2
17	18	2
18	18	2
19	18	2
20	18	2
21	18	1
22	18	1
23	18	1
24	18	1
25	18	1
26	18	1
27	17	1
28	17	1
29	17	1
30	17	1
31	17	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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