Nacimiento weather in May

In May, Nacimiento sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 185 mm of rain across 11.1 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 Nacimiento's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nacimiento's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 185 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:47 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 2.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Nacimiento is settlement in Chile.

Air quality: Good; PM10 21.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Nacimiento reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°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	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	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

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

Nacimiento 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°	11	1.8	14.3	8.8
Feb	25° / 12°	17	2.3	13.4	8.8
Mar	23° / 11°	28	3.7	12.3	8.3
Apr	18° / 8°	71	6.4	11.1	6.4
May	14° / 7°	185	11.1	10	4.1
Jun	12° / 5°	260	15.2	9.5	2.6
Jul	11° / 4°	199	13.6	9.7	2.6
Aug	13° / 5°	174	12.9	10.6	3.2
Sep	15° / 6°	89	8.8	11.7	4.6
Oct	17° / 7°	64	8	13	6.0
Nov	21° / 9°	32	4.2	14	7.5
Dec	23° / 11°	25	3.5	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 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. 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	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	41	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	58	59	59	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nacimiento gets around 185 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 46% 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	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46

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

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

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

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May, the calmest month.

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)	10	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	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	10	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	10	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 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 8:34 AM to 8:59 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:37 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	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	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	8:59
Sunset (PM)	7:02	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	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:34	7:02
2	10.4	8:35	7:01
3	10.4	8:36	7:00
4	10.4	8:36	6:59
5	10.3	8:37	6:57
6	10.3	8:38	6:56
7	10.3	8:39	6:55
8	10.2	8:40	6:54
9	10.2	8:41	6:53
10	10.2	8:42	6:52
11	10.1	8:43	6:51
12	10.1	8:44	6:50
13	10.1	8:45	6:49
14	10.0	8:45	6:48
15	10.0	8:46	6:47
16	10.0	8:47	6:47
17	10.0	8:48	6:46
18	9.9	8:49	6:45
19	9.9	8:50	6:44
20	9.9	8:51	6:43
21	9.9	8:51	6:43
22	9.8	8:52	6:42
23	9.8	8:53	6:41
24	9.8	8:54	6:41
25	9.8	8:55	6:40
26	9.7	8:56	6:39
27	9.7	8:56	6:39
28	9.7	8:57	6:38
29	9.7	8:58	6:38
30	9.6	8:59	6:37
31	9.6	8:59	6:37

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.68 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 2.3 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	2.8	2.8	2.7	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	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	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	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

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

In seasonPeak

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

Nacimiento'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 Nacimiento?

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

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nacimiento for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nacimiento in May

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

In May, Nacimiento sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Nacimiento 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 Nacimiento peaks around January 1 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	9	5	3	2	3	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	9	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Nacimiento 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 Nacimiento is worst in February — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× 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)	9	35	19	24	24	13	12	13	12	11	9	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	35	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nacimiento?

Nacimiento sits at 37.5°S, 72.7°W, 95 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Los Ángeles, 28 km away.

Topography around Nacimiento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nacimiento has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,500 m.

The land around Nacimiento is covered by trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

trees 42%

16 km

677 m

trees 64%

80 km

1,500 m

trees 66%

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

May weather nearby: Los Ángeles 28 km · Angol 33 km · Mulchén 45 km · Collipulli 54 km · Cabrero 57 km · Curanilahue 59 km · Villa Mercedes 62 km · Lota 63 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 Nacimiento (-37.5025°, -72.6731°, elevation 95 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	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	15	7
11	15	7
12	15	7
13	15	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	6
31	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	44	56
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	37	63
20	36	64
21	36	64
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

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