Cabildo weather in May

In May, Cabildo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 57 mm of rain across 4.7 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 Cabildo's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cabildo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:30 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

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

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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 16°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cabildo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°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)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

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

Cabildo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	2	0.4	0	13.9	9.1
Feb	26° / 15°	3	0.6	0	13.2	9.1
Mar	24° / 14°	8	1.1	0	12.2	9.2
Apr	21° / 11°	22	2.9	0	11.2	8.1
May	18° / 8°	57	4.7	0	10.4	6.5
Jun	15° / 5°	106	6.5	0.9	9.9	4.9
Jul	14° / 4°	72	6.2	0.8	10.1	4.8
Aug	16° / 5°	70	6.2	1	10.8	5.4
Sep	17° / 8°	36	5	0.4	11.8	6.4
Oct	20° / 10°	25	3.5	0.1	12.8	7.6
Nov	23° / 12°	7	1.5	0	13.7	8.9
Dec	25° / 14°	4	0.7	0	14.1	9.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	68	68	67	67	65	64	62	61	60	59	58	56	55	55	54	52	51	51	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	49	50
Cloudier (%)	32	32	33	33	35	36	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	45	46	48	49	49	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	52	52	52	51	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	62	38
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Cabildo gets around 57 mm of rain over 4.7 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 21% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

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 4 km/h in May.

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

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 8:19 AM to 8:40 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:43 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	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	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:40
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	8:19	7:04
2	10.7	8:20	7:03
3	10.7	8:21	7:02
4	10.7	8:22	7:01
5	10.6	8:22	7:00
6	10.6	8:23	6:59
7	10.6	8:24	6:58
8	10.5	8:24	6:57
9	10.5	8:25	6:56
10	10.5	8:26	6:55
11	10.5	8:27	6:55
12	10.4	8:27	6:54
13	10.4	8:28	6:53
14	10.4	8:29	6:52
15	10.4	8:30	6:51
16	10.3	8:30	6:51
17	10.3	8:31	6:50
18	10.3	8:32	6:49
19	10.3	8:32	6:49
20	10.3	8:33	6:48
21	10.2	8:34	6:48
22	10.2	8:34	6:47
23	10.2	8:35	6:47
24	10.2	8:36	6:46
25	10.2	8:36	6:45
26	10.1	8:37	6:45
27	10.1	8:38	6:45
28	10.1	8:38	6:44
29	10.1	8:39	6:44
30	10.1	8:40	6:43
31	10.0	8:40	6:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.7 kWh/m² to a high of 8.93 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.34 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)	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cabildo?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cabildo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cabildo in May

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

In May, Cabildo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Cabildo in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 52 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	15	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Cabildo 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 Cabildo peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	10	6	4	3	3	4	7	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Cabildo 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 Cabildo is worst in July — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (February, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	14	15	23	29	29	31	29	27	18	17	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cabildo?

Cabildo sits at 32.4°S, 71.1°W, 201 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is La Ligua, 15 km away.

Topography around Cabildo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cabildo has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 808 m around an average of 382 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,292 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,647 m.

The land around Cabildo is covered by shrubs (66%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) within 16 km, and shrubs (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

808 m

shrubs 66%

16 km

2,292 m

shrubs 71%

80 km

4,647 m

shrubs 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: La Ligua 15 km · Putaendo 40 km · La Calera 41 km · Hacienda La Calera 41 km · La Cruz 46 km · Llaillay 47 km · San Felipe 48 km · Quillota 53 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
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 Cabildo (-32.4313°, -71.0717°, elevation 201 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	62	38
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	62	38
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	65	35
6	64	36
7	62	38
8	61	39
9	60	40
10	59	41
11	58	42
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	52	48
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	50	50
20	49	51
21	49	51
22	49	51
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	50	50

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

	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