San Esteban weather in May

In May, San Esteban sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 60 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is San Esteban's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Esteban's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 60 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:29 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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

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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 9°C by the end.

A typical May day in San Esteban reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 4°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	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	10	-1
28	10	-1
29	10	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

How May really feels in San Esteban

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 12 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

San Esteban weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 11°	17	5	0	13.9	8.1
Feb	21° / 11°	13	4.1	0	13.2	8.1
Mar	20° / 9°	13	2.6	0.2	12.2	8.1
Apr	16° / 4°	27	3.9	0.7	11.2	6.2
May	12° / 0°	60	6.4	3.5	10.3	3.6
Jun	8° / -2°	106	7.4	6.3	9.9	1.2
Jul	6° / -3°	73	6.7	5.9	10.1	0.6
Aug	8° / -2°	69	6.6	5.6	10.8	1.4
Sep	10° / 0°	48	7.3	4.1	11.8	2.7
Oct	14° / 2°	43	9	2.3	12.8	4.3
Nov	17° / 5°	32	8.2	0.4	13.7	6.1
Dec	20° / 8°	22	6	0	14.1	7.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 41%. 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 (%)	72	71	71	69	68	67	66	65	63	62	61	60	60	58	58	57	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	28	29	29	31	32	33	34	35	37	38	39	40	40	42	42	43	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

San Esteban gets around 60 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of May to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:18 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:40 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)	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:18	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:39
Sunset (PM)	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	8:18	7:01
2	10.7	8:19	7:00
3	10.7	8:19	6:59
4	10.6	8:20	6:58
5	10.6	8:21	6:57
6	10.6	8:22	6:56
7	10.5	8:22	6:55
8	10.5	8:23	6:54
9	10.5	8:24	6:54
10	10.5	8:25	6:53
11	10.4	8:25	6:52
12	10.4	8:26	6:51
13	10.4	8:27	6:50
14	10.4	8:28	6:50
15	10.3	8:28	6:49
16	10.3	8:29	6:48
17	10.3	8:30	6:47
18	10.3	8:30	6:47
19	10.2	8:31	6:46
20	10.2	8:32	6:45
21	10.2	8:33	6:45
22	10.2	8:33	6:44
23	10.2	8:34	6:44
24	10.1	8:35	6:43
25	10.1	8:35	6:43
26	10.1	8:36	6:42
27	10.1	8:37	6:42
28	10.1	8:37	6:41
29	10.1	8:38	6:41
30	10.0	8:39	6:41
31	10.0	8:39	6:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 8.99 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.56 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)	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.4	Moderate
21	3.4	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for San Esteban

In seasonPeak

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

San Esteban'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 San Esteban?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Esteban.

What to pack for San Esteban in May

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

In May, San Esteban sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in San Esteban in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Esteban peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	12	8	5	5	5	7	8	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	5	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in San Esteban 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 San Esteban is worst in July — around 118 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (January, 25 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)	25	28	41	58	84	104	118	102	82	55	36	26
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	84	Unhealthy
Jun	104	Unhealthy
Jul	118	Unhealthy
Aug	102	Unhealthy
Sep	82	Unhealthy
Oct	55	Poor
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	26	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is San Esteban?

San Esteban sits at 32.8°S, 70.6°W, 841 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Los Andes, 4.0 km away.

Topography around San Esteban

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Esteban has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m around an average of 836 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,627 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,835 m.

The land around San Esteban is covered by cropland (53%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (39%) and shrubs (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

194 m

cropland 53%

16 km

2,627 m

shrubs 36%

80 km

6,835 m

bare terrain 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

May weather nearby: Los Andes 4.0 km · San Felipe 15 km · Putaendo 23 km · Llaillay 35 km · Colina 46 km · Batuco 53 km · Chicureo 54 km · La Calera 58 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 San Esteban (-32.7987°, -70.5807°, elevation 841 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	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	10	-1
28	10	-1
29	10	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	10	-1
28	10	-1
29	10	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	2
2	14	2
3	14	2
4	14	2
5	14	2
6	14	2
7	14	2
8	14	1
9	13	1
10	13	1
11	13	1
12	13	1
13	13	1
14	12	1
15	12	1
16	12	1
17	12	0
18	12	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	10	-1
25	10	-1
26	10	-1
27	10	-1
28	10	-1
29	10	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	52	48

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100