Quellón weather in May

In May, Quellón sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 227 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of May to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Quellón's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quellón's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
7th warmest
Overnight low
6th coldest
Rainfall
227 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
9:05 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
72%
11th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Quellón is locality in Chile.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical May day in Quellón reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Quellón weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 12°991314.83.7
Feb14° / 12°8910.913.83.8
Mar13° / 11°13914.112.43.3
Apr12° / 10°1651610.92.7
May11° / 22719.19.62.1
Jun10° / 24421.28.91.6
Jul / 22620.69.11.5
Aug / 24021.110.21.5
Sep10° / 16117.511.71.8
Oct11° / 14816.413.22.2
Nov12° / 10°12815.214.52.6
Dec13° / 11°12014.615.13.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33763
43565
53565
63466
73466
83466
93268
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113268
123268
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293070
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313070

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Quellón gets around 227 mm of rain over 19.1 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 62% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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257
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2765
2866
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3167

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 21 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of May to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:48 AM to 9:19 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.18:486:56
210.18:496:54
310.08:506:53
410.08:516:51
510.08:526:50
69.98:546:49
79.98:556:47
89.88:566:46
99.88:576:45
109.88:586:44
119.78:596:42
129.79:006:41
139.69:016:40
149.69:036:39
159.69:046:38
169.59:056:37
179.59:066:36
189.59:076:35
199.49:086:34
209.49:096:33
219.49:106:32
229.39:116:31
239.39:126:30
249.39:136:29
259.29:146:28
269.29:156:28
279.29:166:27
289.29:176:26
299.19:186:26
309.19:196:25
319.19:196:24

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 1.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.8Dim
31.8Dim
41.7Dim
51.7Dim
61.7Dim
71.6Dim
81.6Dim
91.6Dim
101.6Dim
111.6Dim
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141.5Dim
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Quellón?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Quellón.

What to pack for Quellón in May

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

In May, Quellón sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 9°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 19 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Quellón in May

The nearest coast averages about 11°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 13°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

8°10°12°14°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Quellón 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 Quellón peaks around January 1 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateLowModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 1UV 12Jun 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May2Moderate
Jun1Low
Jul2Low
Aug2Low
Sep4Moderate
Oct7High
Nov8Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Quellón?

Quellón sits at 43.1°S, 73.6°W, 23 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Castro, 73 km away.

Topography around Quellón

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quellón has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,071 m.

The land around Quellón is covered by trees (42%) and water (33%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and water (65%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
268 m
80 km
2,071 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Castro 73 km · Ancud 140 km · Calbuco 155 km · Maullín 167 km · Esquel 188 km · Puerto Montt 192 km · Puerto Varas 207 km · Llanquihue 213 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
Catholic 57%none 26%Evangelical or Protestant 16%other Christians and traditions related to Christ 1%

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 Quellón (-43.1182°, -73.6166°, elevation 23 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).