Paillaco weather in May

In May, Paillaco sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 222 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Paillaco's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paillaco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 222 mm; 15 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 8:54 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 1.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical May day in Paillaco reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C cooler than April and about 2°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Paillaco weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	38	5.8	14.5	7.6
Feb	22° / 10°	42	4.9	13.6	7.8
Mar	20° / 9°	67	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	16° / 7°	122	10.4	11	4.8
May	13° / 5°	222	15	9.8	3.0
Jun	10° / 4°	306	18.5	9.2	1.8
Jul	10° / 3°	270	17.9	9.4	1.7
Aug	11° / 3°	251	17.7	10.4	2.2
Sep	13° / 4°	147	13.2	11.7	3.3
Oct	15° / 6°	123	13.2	13.1	4.3
Nov	17° / 7°	83	10.1	14.2	5.5
Dec	20° / 9°	69	8.2	14.8	6.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 74%. 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 (%)	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Paillaco gets around 222 mm of rain over 15 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 48% and peaks near 58% 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 (%)	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58

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

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 99% 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 (%)	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
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	98	2
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	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

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)	9	9	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
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	9	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	9	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 18 min at the start of May to 9 h 24 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 8:39 AM to 9:07 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:31 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)	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:01	9:01	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:06	9:06	9:07
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:39	6:58
2	10.3	8:40	6:57
3	10.2	8:41	6:56
4	10.2	8:42	6:55
5	10.2	8:43	6:53
6	10.1	8:44	6:52
7	10.1	8:45	6:51
8	10.1	8:46	6:50
9	10.0	8:47	6:49
10	10.0	8:48	6:48
11	10.0	8:49	6:47
12	9.9	8:50	6:45
13	9.9	8:51	6:44
14	9.9	8:52	6:43
15	9.8	8:53	6:42
16	9.8	8:54	6:42
17	9.8	8:55	6:41
18	9.7	8:56	6:40
19	9.7	8:57	6:39
20	9.7	8:58	6:38
21	9.6	8:59	6:37
22	9.6	9:00	6:36
23	9.6	9:01	6:36
24	9.6	9:01	6:35
25	9.5	9:02	6:34
26	9.5	9:03	6:34
27	9.5	9:04	6:33
28	9.5	9:05	6:32
29	9.4	9:06	6:32
30	9.4	9:06	6:31
31	9.4	9:07	6:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 1.8 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)	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.7	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.6	Dim
26	1.6	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.5	Dim
31	1.5	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Paillaco

In seasonPeak

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

Paillaco's rainy season runs May–September, 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 Paillaco?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Paillaco.

What to pack for Paillaco in May

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

In May, Paillaco sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Paillaco 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 at the nearest coast (about 65 km away) is warmest in January at about 14°C and coldest in August near 11°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)	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	12	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Paillaco 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 Paillaco peaks around December 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	7	4	2	2	2	3	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Paillaco?

Paillaco sits at 40.1°S, 72.9°W, 86 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is La Unión, 30 km away.

Topography around Paillaco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paillaco has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 98 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,401 m.

The land around Paillaco is covered by cropland (35%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

255 m

cropland 35%

16 km

622 m

trees 59%

80 km

2,401 m

trees 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

May weather nearby: La Unión 30 km · Río Bueno 30 km · Las Animas 41 km · Valdivia 42 km · Osorno 60 km · Panguipulli 66 km · Loncoche 81 km · Purranque 97 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 Paillaco (-40.0682°, -72.8794°, elevation 86 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	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	13	6
11	13	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	5
18	12	5
19	12	5
20	12	5
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	11	5
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	11	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
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	98	2
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	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
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	98	2
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	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	23	77
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
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	98	2
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	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0