Los Ángeles weather in May

In May, Los Ángeles sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 178 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 10 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 13°C by the end. 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 Los Ángeles's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Los Ángeles's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 178 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:46 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Los Ángeles is city in Chile.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 22.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,182/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1739

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 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical May day in Los Ángeles reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°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)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Los Ángeles 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 12°	15	2	14.3	8.6
Feb	26° / 12°	25	2.5	13.4	8.6
Mar	23° / 10°	34	3.9	12.3	8.4
Apr	19° / 8°	85	6.8	11.1	6.6
May	15° / 6°	178	11	10	4.4
Jun	12° / 5°	252	15.5	9.5	2.8
Jul	12° / 4°	193	14	9.7	2.9
Aug	13° / 5°	169	13	10.6	3.6
Sep	16° / 6°	94	9.5	11.7	5.0
Oct	18° / 7°	71	8.1	13	6.3
Nov	21° / 9°	40	5.2	14	7.5
Dec	24° / 11°	30	3.9	14.5	8.5

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. 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 (%)	51	50	50	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	41	41	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	49	50	50	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	57	57	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Los Ángeles gets around 178 mm of rain over 11 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 35% and peaks near 48% 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 (%)	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48

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

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 98% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 8:32 AM to 8:58 AM, and sunset from 7:01 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	10.4	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	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:56	8:57	8:58
Sunset (PM)	7:01	7:00	6:59	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	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	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	8:32	7:01
2	10.4	8:33	7:00
3	10.4	8:34	6:59
4	10.4	8:35	6:57
5	10.3	8:36	6:56
6	10.3	8:37	6:55
7	10.3	8:38	6:54
8	10.2	8:39	6:53
9	10.2	8:40	6:52
10	10.2	8:41	6:51
11	10.1	8:41	6:50
12	10.1	8:42	6:49
13	10.1	8:43	6:48
14	10.1	8:44	6:47
15	10.0	8:45	6:46
16	10.0	8:46	6:45
17	10.0	8:47	6:45
18	9.9	8:48	6:44
19	9.9	8:48	6:43
20	9.9	8:49	6:42
21	9.9	8:50	6:42
22	9.8	8:51	6:41
23	9.8	8:52	6:40
24	9.8	8:53	6:39
25	9.8	8:53	6:39
26	9.7	8:54	6:38
27	9.7	8:55	6:38
28	9.7	8:56	6:37
29	9.7	8:56	6:37
30	9.7	8:57	6:36
31	9.6	8:58	6:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 8.35 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.33 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

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

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Los Ángeles

In seasonPeak

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

Los Ángeles'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 Los Ángeles?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Los Ángeles for sightseeing.

What to pack for Los Ángeles in May

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

In May, Los Ángeles sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Los Ángeles 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 Los Ángeles peaks around January 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 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

Air quality in Los Ángeles 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 Los Ángeles is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Los Ángeles's WHO annual average of 22.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	38	31	39	37	16	15	18	18	18	13	13
Level	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	38	Poor
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	39	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Los Ángeles?

Los Ángeles sits at 37.5°S, 72.4°W, 141 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Nacimiento, 28 km away.

Topography around Los Ángeles

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Los Ángeles has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,178 m.

The land around Los Ángeles is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (40%), grassland (26%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

67 m

artificial surfaces 52%

16 km

228 m

trees 40%

80 km

3,178 m

trees 68%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Nacimiento 28 km · Mulchén 29 km · Villa Mercedes 34 km · Angol 48 km · Cabrero 49 km · Collipulli 54 km · Hualqui 76 km · Quillón 81 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 Los Ángeles (-37.4697°, -72.3537°, elevation 141 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	17	7
2	17	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	14	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	14	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	14	6
25	14	6
26	14	6
27	14	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	40	60
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2