Río Bueno weather in May

In May, Río Bueno sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 189 mm of rain across 15.4 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 12°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 Río Bueno's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Bueno's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 189 mm; 15.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 8:55 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 1.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Río Bueno is city in Chile.

Density: 5,316/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1778

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 14°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical May day in Río Bueno reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	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

	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	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

Río Bueno 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°	36	6	14.5	7.5
Feb	22° / 10°	41	5.1	13.6	7.6
Mar	20° / 9°	63	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	16° / 7°	109	10.6	11	4.9
May	13° / 6°	189	15.4	9.8	3.1
Jun	11° / 4°	254	18.3	9.2	2.0
Jul	10° / 4°	229	17.8	9.4	1.9
Aug	11° / 4°	210	17.8	10.4	2.3
Sep	13° / 5°	125	13.5	11.7	3.4
Oct	15° / 6°	110	13.4	13.1	4.3
Nov	17° / 8°	74	9.9	14.2	5.5
Dec	20° / 9°	64	8	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 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	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 (%)	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Cloudier (%)	67	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Río Bueno gets around 189 mm of rain over 15.4 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 50% and peaks near 59% 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	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	54
22	54
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	56
27	56
28	57
29	58
30	58
31	59

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

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
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	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	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	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 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 8:40 AM to 9:08 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:30 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	10.0	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	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	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	9:02	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:06	9:07	9:07	9:08
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	8:40	6:58
2	10.3	8:41	6:57
3	10.2	8:42	6:56
4	10.2	8:43	6:54
5	10.2	8:44	6:53
6	10.1	8:45	6:52
7	10.1	8:46	6:51
8	10.0	8:47	6:50
9	10.0	8:48	6:48
10	10.0	8:49	6:47
11	9.9	8:50	6:46
12	9.9	8:51	6:45
13	9.9	8:52	6:44
14	9.8	8:53	6:43
15	9.8	8:54	6:42
16	9.8	8:55	6:41
17	9.7	8:56	6:40
18	9.7	8:57	6:39
19	9.7	8:58	6:38
20	9.6	8:59	6:38
21	9.6	9:00	6:37
22	9.6	9:01	6:36
23	9.6	9:02	6:35
24	9.5	9:02	6:34
25	9.5	9:03	6:34
26	9.5	9:04	6:33
27	9.5	9:05	6:32
28	9.4	9:06	6:32
29	9.4	9:07	6:31
30	9.4	9:07	6:31
31	9.4	9:08	6:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 1.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in January across the year — May's 1.76 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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	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	1.4	1.4
Level	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	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.0	Moderate
8	2.0	Dim
9	2.0	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.6	Dim
24	1.6	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.5	Dim
27	1.5	Dim
28	1.5	Dim
29	1.5	Dim
30	1.4	Dim
31	1.4	Dim

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Río Bueno

In seasonPeak

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

Río Bueno'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 Río Bueno?

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

3.1

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 Río Bueno.

What to pack for Río Bueno in May

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

In May, Río Bueno sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

UV index in Río Bueno 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 Río Bueno 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 Río Bueno?

Río Bueno sits at 40.3°S, 73.0°W, 61 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is La Unión, 12 km away.

Topography around Río Bueno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Bueno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,198 m.

The land around Río Bueno is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (29%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (38%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

grassland 36%

16 km

328 m

cropland 39%

80 km

2,198 m

trees 55%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: La Unión 12 km · Paillaco 30 km · Osorno 31 km · Las Animas 63 km · Valdivia 63 km · Purranque 67 km · Frutillar 88 km · Panguipulli 93 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 Río Bueno (-40.3349°, -72.9556°, elevation 61 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. 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	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	54
22	54
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	56
27	56
28	57
29	58
30	58
31	59

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
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	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	54
22	54
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	56
27	56
28	57
29	58
30	58
31	59

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
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	14	6
11	14	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	12	5
22	12	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	5
27	12	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	25	75
28	25	75
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	41
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	44
7	44
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	49
15	50
16	50
17	51
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	54
22	54
23	55
24	55
25	55
26	56
27	56
28	57
29	58
30	58
31	59

	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	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
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