San Felipe weather in May

In May, San Felipe sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 59 mm of rain across 5.5 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 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 Felipe's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Felipe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 5.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 8:30 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

San Felipe is city in Chile.

Density: 3,835/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1740

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 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in San Felipe reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°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)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

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

San Felipe 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	28° / 16°	5	1.2	0	13.9	8.3
Feb	27° / 16°	5	1.3	0	13.2	8.6
Mar	26° / 14°	9	1.4	0	12.2	9.0
Apr	22° / 10°	25	3	0	11.2	8.4
May	19° / 7°	59	5.5	0	10.3	6.8
Jun	16° / 4°	100	6.7	0.3	9.9	5.3
Jul	15° / 3°	75	6.5	0.4	10.1	5.1
Aug	16° / 4°	77	6.7	0.5	10.8	5.8
Sep	18° / 7°	54	7.4	0.1	11.8	6.6
Oct	21° / 9°	42	6.1	0	12.8	7.4
Nov	24° / 12°	17	3.5	0	13.7	8.6
Dec	27° / 15°	8	1.5	0	14.1	8.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 44%. 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 (%)	70	68	67	67	66	64	63	62	60	60	58	57	57	56	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	30	32	33	33	34	36	37	38	40	40	42	43	43	44	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

San Felipe gets around 59 mm of rain over 5.5 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 17% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21

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

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 4 km/h in May, the calmest month.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	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 8:40 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:41 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	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	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	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:39	8:40
Sunset (PM)	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	8:18	7:02
2	10.7	8:19	7:01
3	10.7	8:20	7:00
4	10.6	8:21	6:59
5	10.6	8:21	6:58
6	10.6	8:22	6:57
7	10.6	8:23	6:56
8	10.5	8:24	6:55
9	10.5	8:24	6:54
10	10.5	8:25	6:53
11	10.4	8:26	6:53
12	10.4	8:27	6:52
13	10.4	8:27	6:51
14	10.4	8:28	6:50
15	10.3	8:29	6:49
16	10.3	8:30	6:49
17	10.3	8:30	6:48
18	10.3	8:31	6:47
19	10.3	8:32	6:47
20	10.2	8:32	6:46
21	10.2	8:33	6:46
22	10.2	8:34	6:45
23	10.2	8:34	6:44
24	10.1	8:35	6:44
25	10.1	8:36	6:43
26	10.1	8:36	6:43
27	10.1	8:37	6:42
28	10.1	8:38	6:42
29	10.1	8:38	6:42
30	10.0	8:39	6:41
31	10.0	8:40	6:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 3.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.95 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 3.36 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)	4.0	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	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit San Felipe?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit San Felipe for sightseeing.

What to pack for San Felipe in May

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

In May, San Felipe sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in San Felipe in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — 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 Felipe peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 3 (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)	14	13	10	6	4	3	4	4	6	10	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in San Felipe 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 Felipe 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 Felipe?

San Felipe sits at 32.7°S, 70.7°W, 654 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Putaendo, 14 km away.

Topography around San Felipe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Felipe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 459 m around an average of 665 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,868 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,842 m.

The land around San Felipe is covered by artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (32%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

459 m

artificial surfaces 27%

16 km

1,868 m

shrubs 41%

80 km

6,842 m

shrubs 32%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

May weather nearby: Putaendo 14 km · San Esteban 15 km · Los Andes 15 km · Llaillay 24 km · La Calera 44 km · Hacienda La Calera 46 km · La Cruz 48 km · Cabildo 48 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 Felipe (-32.7498°, -70.7258°, elevation 654 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	20	8
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	18	7
18	18	6
19	18	6
20	18	6
21	18	6
22	18	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	66	34
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	56	44
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	51	49
30	51	49
31	51	49

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

	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