Coihueco weather in May

In May, Coihueco sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 265 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Coihueco's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Coihueco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 265 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:42 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

← April Coihueco 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 16°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Coihueco reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°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)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How May really feels in Coihueco

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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Coihueco weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 11°	20	2.3	0	14.2	9.0
Feb	24° / 10°	38	2.9	0	13.4	8.9
Mar	22° / 9°	34	3.6	0	12.3	8.3
Apr	18° / 6°	115	6.7	0	11.1	6.4
May	14° / 5°	265	10.8	0.1	10.1	4.1
Jun	11° / 4°	366	14.7	0.7	9.5	2.5
Jul	11° / 3°	289	12.8	1.3	9.8	2.5
Aug	12° / 3°	247	13	1	10.6	3.1
Sep	14° / 4°	141	9.5	0.3	11.8	4.3
Oct	16° / 5°	102	8.8	0.2	12.9	5.6
Nov	19° / 7°	52	5.2	0	14	7.2
Dec	22° / 9°	45	4.5	0	14.5	8.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. 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 (%)	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38
Cloudier (%)	44	45	46	47	48	49	49	50	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Coihueco gets around 265 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	44	44	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	44
30	44
31	45

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 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	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	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	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 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:29 AM to 8:54 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:36 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54
Sunset (PM)	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:29	7:00
2	10.5	8:30	6:59
3	10.5	8:31	6:58
4	10.4	8:32	6:57
5	10.4	8:32	6:56
6	10.4	8:33	6:55
7	10.3	8:34	6:54
8	10.3	8:35	6:53
9	10.3	8:36	6:52
10	10.2	8:37	6:51
11	10.2	8:38	6:50
12	10.2	8:39	6:49
13	10.1	8:39	6:48
14	10.1	8:40	6:47
15	10.1	8:41	6:46
16	10.1	8:42	6:45
17	10.0	8:43	6:44
18	10.0	8:44	6:44
19	10.0	8:44	6:43
20	9.9	8:45	6:42
21	9.9	8:46	6:41
22	9.9	8:47	6:41
23	9.9	8:48	6:40
24	9.9	8:48	6:39
25	9.8	8:49	6:39
26	9.8	8:50	6:38
27	9.8	8:51	6:38
28	9.8	8:51	6:37
29	9.7	8:52	6:37
30	9.7	8:53	6:36
31	9.7	8:54	6:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.85 kWh/m² to a high of 8.58 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.54 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)	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0
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	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Coihueco

In seasonPeak

In May, Coihueco sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Coihueco's rainy season runs May–August, 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 Coihueco?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Coihueco for sightseeing.

What to pack for Coihueco in May

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

In May, Coihueco sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Coihueco in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Coihueco peaks around January 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	5	3	2	3	3	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Coihueco 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 Coihueco is worst in April — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.6× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	14	25	30	40	27	15	15	14	13	12	10	9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	40	Poor
May	27	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Coihueco?

Coihueco sits at 36.6°S, 71.8°W, 257 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Chillán, 24 km away.

Topography around Coihueco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Coihueco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 257 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 831 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,159 m.

The land around Coihueco is covered by cropland (44%), trees (26%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

99 m

cropland 44%

16 km

831 m

trees 44%

80 km

3,159 m

trees 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Chillán 24 km · San Carlos 25 km · Chillán Viejo 27 km · Parral 54 km · Quillón 59 km · Cabrero 68 km · Longaví 75 km · Coelemu 79 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 Coihueco (-36.6279°, -71.8307°, elevation 257 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	44
30	44
31	45

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	44
30	44
31	45

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	50	50
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	34
17	35
18	36
19	37
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	43
29	44
30	44
31	45

	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