Lebu weather in May

In May, Lebu sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 171 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-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 28% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lebu's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lebu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 171 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:51 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 11th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Lebu is city in Chile.

Density: 4,177/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1862

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 Lebu reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	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
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

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

Lebu weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 14°	13	2.5	14.3	5.9
Feb	15° / 14°	17	2.3	13.5	5.9
Mar	15° / 14°	32	4.3	12.3	5.4
Apr	14° / 13°	74	7.3	11.1	4.4
May	13° / 12°	171	12.5	10	3.5
Jun	12° / 11°	243	16.7	9.5	2.8
Jul	12° / 10°	199	15.9	9.7	2.6
Aug	11° / 10°	165	14.5	10.6	2.7
Sep	12° / 10°	83	9.5	11.7	3.1
Oct	12° / 11°	63	7.9	13	3.5
Nov	13° / 12°	36	5.2	14	4.3
Dec	14° / 13°	31	4	14.6	5.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. 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 (%)	49	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	42	42	41	40	40	41	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	39	39	38	38	38
Cloudier (%)	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	58	58	59	60	60	59	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	61	61	62	62	62

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

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lebu gets around 171 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 51% 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 (%)	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	37
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	49
29	50
30	51
31	51

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 93% 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 (%)	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in May

Winds average 22 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	22	breezy
2	22	breezy
3	22	breezy
4	22	breezy
5	22	breezy
6	22	breezy
7	22	breezy
8	22	breezy
9	22	breezy
10	22	breezy
11	22	breezy
12	22	breezy
13	22	breezy
14	22	breezy
15	22	breezy
16	22	breezy
17	22	breezy
18	22	breezy
19	22	breezy
20	22	breezy
21	23	breezy
22	23	breezy
23	23	breezy
24	23	breezy
25	23	breezy
26	23	breezy
27	23	breezy
28	23	breezy
29	23	breezy
30	23	breezy
31	24	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of May to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 9:03 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:41 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	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:00	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:03
Sunset (PM)	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:38	7:06
2	10.4	8:39	7:05
3	10.4	8:40	7:03
4	10.4	8:41	7:02
5	10.3	8:41	7:01
6	10.3	8:42	7:00
7	10.3	8:43	6:59
8	10.2	8:44	6:58
9	10.2	8:45	6:57
10	10.2	8:46	6:56
11	10.1	8:47	6:55
12	10.1	8:48	6:54
13	10.1	8:49	6:53
14	10.0	8:50	6:52
15	10.0	8:51	6:51
16	10.0	8:51	6:50
17	10.0	8:52	6:49
18	9.9	8:53	6:49
19	9.9	8:54	6:48
20	9.9	8:55	6:47
21	9.8	8:56	6:46
22	9.8	8:56	6:46
23	9.8	8:57	6:45
24	9.8	8:58	6:44
25	9.7	8:59	6:44
26	9.7	9:00	6:43
27	9.7	9:00	6:43
28	9.7	9:01	6:42
29	9.7	9:02	6:42
30	9.6	9:03	6:41
31	9.6	9:03	6:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 8.37 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.36 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)	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	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	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9
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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.0	Moderate
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Dim
29	2.0	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lebu

In seasonPeak

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

Lebu'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 Lebu?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lebu.

What to pack for Lebu in May

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

In May, Lebu sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lebu in May

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in January at about 15°C and coldest in August near 12°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)	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Lebu in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lebu peaks around December 23 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)	12	11	8	5	2	2	2	3	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Lebu?

Lebu sits at 37.6°S, 73.7°W, 12 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Los Álamos, 17 km away.

Topography around Lebu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lebu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,511 m.

The land around Lebu is covered by trees (43%) and water (30%) within 3 km, water (55%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (44%) within 80 km.

3 km

220 m

trees 43%

16 km

252 m

water 55%

80 km

1,511 m

water 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Los Álamos 17 km · Curanilahue 31 km · Cañete 32 km · Arauco 50 km · Lota 72 km · Coronel 78 km · Angol 85 km · Nacimiento 87 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 Lebu (-37.6082°, -73.6536°, elevation 12 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. 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	14	12
2	14	12
3	14	12
4	14	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	13	12
8	13	12
9	13	12
10	13	12
11	13	12
12	13	12
13	13	12
14	13	12
15	13	12
16	13	12
17	13	12
18	13	12
19	13	12
20	13	12
21	13	12
22	13	12
23	13	12
24	13	12
25	13	12
26	13	12
27	13	12
28	13	12
29	13	12
30	13	12
31	13	11

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	37
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	49
29	50
30	51
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	37
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	49
29	50
30	51
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	32
6	32
7	33
8	33
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	37
14	38
15	39
16	40
17	41
18	42
19	43
20	44
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	47
26	48
27	49
28	49
29	50
30	51
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5